Smithsonian Instltiition, Division of Birds 
Attn; Dr. Charles A. Ely 
Box 9187 
Honolulu 20, Hawaii 9682O 
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Dear Dr. Ely; 
I am enciosing a copy of the YAG report which will probably be useless 
to you at this point, but anyway here ‘tls. Also enclosing your colMctlng 
permit from the State of Hawaii so you can feel safe and protected by 
the law tatter than threatened by every Fish and Wildlife man. 
Would you please bring back yoxrr passport and see that Roger 
gets his to me? I need to get visas attached for the Ihoenix trip. 
We stHl need another person for the YAG trip in October. If you 
think Elliott has worked out well and will continue to work well 
both in Honolulu and on board tinder the guidance of Pat Gould, tell him 
to stay in Honolulu. I will send the necessary fin^ces t^ion request. 
If he isn’t the man for the^ job, he should come back to D C. I think 
has plans for a few days leave in Pianclsco en route which is okay 
with us. We have a new man, Warren Kiaag, who will be aboard the YAG and 
hopefully we will find someone else to replace Pat if necessary. 
The home fires are still btiming. Dr. Humphrey is in Brazil; 
-Binion came back from Sand last Satiarday; Bill Wlrtz had a good vacation in 
the Staickles and is leaving tommorrow morning for Midway; Ken Wilz, 
Mike and Donna ended ttelr summer jobs here last Friday; Maxine leaves 
tcaaorrow; Bob MCFarlane left permanently last Friday and headed back to 
Gainesville to school; and I'm beginning to feel like a stay-at-home-stick- 
in-the-mud. ^ 
I called Janice a few moments ago and she sounded real good - In ' 
very good spirits. You will have a baby when you get hack - no more ; 
baby Hfiait type living conditions. i 
See you soon. 
(Mrs.) Maiyanna Smellow 
Research Secretary 
Division of Birds 
Enclos\uroB; YAG report 
permit 
