SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON 25. D. C. 
are abort 1,000 nuirber 5’s to be used on the ¥e^'geta:‘led Shearwater 
chlc^'s. I rentlonec core other thingwS :n ry east letters also. 
I’ll leave binociil.ars, headl'ghts, etc. for the new personnel. Ken 
A" erran r "ght have rentloned t bc:t the hand nets are holdrng up very 
well. One is rue'"'* better than the othe"^’ however as the inesSi is smaller. 
The birds’wings stick through the larger mesh and are hard to ret out. 
Anot' er item concerning future personnel co'^ung here-r-when a 
message is sent tell "nr of their arr~val, etc. ary^nfo copy should be 
sent to CCGDFOIJRTEEi'I^ Sand Island, Honolulu,Hawaii. Thi .s will let 
Lt Hayes surer’ors know who is coming here and when. 
Best Regards, 
A. B. A^erson, Jr. 
Research Curator 
Pacific Project 
Division of Birds 
