S(^teanber 12, 1$6^ 
DA-18-064-AMC-56>A 
Smlthscaiian Institution, Diyiaicm of Birds 
Attn: ^ir. fa^-irrck^ i''. .. 
P. 0. Box 913? 
Honolulu 20, Havaii 9682 O 
Desr Bat: 
You will have a braM new cngjloyee aboard the^ YA-G survey 
in Oct. and on subsequent trips. Wairen King, pres^tly a GS-5 
equivalent but with possibilities^ will aixive in HonolultPbn Sept. 
50 . He will look yt?u iq) at the Waikiki, okay? He is learning to 
skin here now and has read all the infanaatlon we have to date on the 
YAG. Anything else you couM suggest which he wigbt find beneficial? 
He is not an ornithologist ...» has s<Me other'if^feior type degree.. 
.. but a good man aM interested in conservation. Also an excellent 
German tionslator. 
-• .t. . ^ 
I am enclosing scsne mall and a permit to collect from State of 
Hawaii. McFarlane n&at the free pass to "Free Play" and-1 expect you 
to ke^ it until X arrive. Ycu don’t go anysdiero without me, do you? 
Your YAG rep rt has received an ovsrwhelraing ovatlcsi here- we did 
have to call it a draft in view of certain spelling problems.... (we 
didn’t want to retype). 
Unfortunately I do not have any written rep<»i;s on McFarlane’s 
work on Oahu and since he has left, ^rill get none. He made out punch 
cards <»i all the birds, taJdng all the specimens of all, the species we 
are concerned with from the Blsliop museoan. It seems that someone at 
Bishop has done a literature search on some of ’our* species which yai 
lal^t try and get hold of. Look into possibilities of banding on some 
of the islands around Oahu. King ml^t be well used for this while 
between YAGa.' 
Will you please seM me your fingerprints? If I can’t have a 
hand to hold please don’t deprive of your fingerprints, too. Two 
sets, each on a standard gov’t form, from your nearest millta^ 
security office. 
