November 7, 1963 
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Robert A. Sundell, 
converted Coast Guard vessel for our future trips. No YAG could be 
available until next spring. 
We got the first letters from Fred and crew in the Phoenix group. 
Their work is running smoothly. Bill and Ludwig on Kure have big plans 
and are now in the process of setting up the house, (once destined for 
Laysan) on Kure. Ludwig wants to do some physiological studies but 
Phil and Banko haven’t bought that idea yet. The YAG has gone out for 
another survey. They collected 19 specimens the last trip - one a 
tagged Wedgetail banded in July. Keep an eye out for more Manx Shear¬ 
waters. They reported flocks of theta. We got a fantastic band re¬ 
covery this week - a Gray-backed, itern banded as a local on Gardner 
Pinnacles in July by us was picked up at Kieta, Bougainville I., New 
Guinea. 
I am doing so much here in DC (i.e., report t , tables, discussion, 
letter writing) that I have not done a lot of ectoparasite identifications. 
It doesn't pay to be the only field experienced guy bach here. Wislocki 
has arrived and is being briefed on procedures, techniques, etc., before 
he comes out.- You will have to show him a lot of details when he gets 
there, as actually doing things are better than reading about them or 
being told. 
Keep an eye out for a Noddy Tern (tern Common Noddy not being used 
anymore) which had a blue streamer attached to it's back (between the 
wings). It had a nest above the concrete bunker on the South side. We 
could not catch it. We didn't think it had a band but would like to 
find out if anything was on the strip. Bushman, incidentally, tagged 
some birds in this fashion on Eniwetok. I wrote him this week about it. 
Well I think my writing has prompted Maryanna to do son® writing 
of her own these days. She still has her hands full doing other things 
though. Oh yes, another bit of news is that construction on the West 
wing of the SI building has begun. 
You won't know the range when you get back. Shelving finally arrived 
for the storage of all our field gear. It's now stored in the area we were 
in, along with Mr. Banko's office space. 
How are supplies holding out there at Sand? Notify us before anything 
runs out (i.e., bands, tags, etc.,), preferably by TWX if you need it quickly. 
Anne's going to shoot me when I give her this long letter to type. I'm 
writing it at my apartment so I'll have time tomorrow to do some of work. 
Best regards, 
A. B. Amerson, Jr. 
PS. We don't have any reprints on using mist nets in wind. The only method 
