August 15 , 1965 
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AIRMAIL 
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Saithsonian Institution, Division of Birds 
Attention: Mr Patrick Go^^ld 
Mr. Robert Fleet 
P.O. Box 9187 . •-* 
Honolvilu 20, Hawaii 96820 
Dear Bob and Rit: 
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Greetings from lovely Washington, the land of tourists, dry grass, 
heat waves, beaches with nettles and etc. How is d ull ole Honolulu? 
Dr. Hia^hrey asked that I write and teU inni his plans for your 
time. I don't know what he has already; told you, so excuse all repetition. 
He wants you, upon returning to Pearl, to settle down and put concentrated - 
effort in getting a conplete report back to Washington. This should 
Include the at sea sightings, the log and a summarization. It will v 
serve as a reference for Dr. Hun^jhrey for imking decisions and reeoBBOBndations 
for the next trips and he wants it con^lete and in a hurry. 
Secondly, after the report you should work at the Bishop Museum, 
the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Hawaiian Pish and G uk Commission, 
and wheref-ever else - transcribing uppubliehed material and recording 
speclDKns. He said it Is perfectly all right to restrict' yourselves 
to an eight hour day after the report is in. 
Seriously for a mcment. Dr. Hun^hrey sent you two because he thought 
you had enough professional integrity to do a good job without supervision. 
A progress report on each session in Honolulu wotild be welcomed if it 
is feasible. 
Vfe are moving ahead in our own chaotic way here, arranging and 
rearranging field parties. Septaoiber third the whole place may become 
devoid of men ift the xmexpected doesn’t happen before that. 
We are living quite high on chocolates these days, all cong)liments 
of baby girls. Baby girl Sundell, Julia arrived the 8th and 
baby girl Sibley - Axuoe arrived the 10th. All mothers and datighters 
doing well. 
AOU meetings have drawn half the staff emd we have two new 
girls In the office, so we're having a ball- trying to insert men 
from other Division^ for a change. 
