JuanoxL 
July $ f 1964 
Mr. BobMft Sundell 
Salthaonian. Party 
IE Coast Guard LQRAH Station 
USH Air Station 3080 
FPO ? San Francisco, California 
Dear Bob: 
Being already in a foul state of mind due to the condition of 
the world, I am also dissatisfied with the results of a month's work 
on Kure as indicated in the last two progress reports, the second of 
which only arrived today. 
Your reports show only about l80 birds banded for the month, 
when the average normally runs about 700 . Shis is particularly 
serious if you let any of the albatross chicks leave the island 
without their little green bond. Ifedgetails must be banded a 
minimiM of two nights per week and every bird, handled checked for 
an egg in the tract so that we can get laying dates. I hope the 
wedgetail burrow stakes have not been removed as we intend to dig 
out and roof over these burrows and continue the study. This need 
net be done before I return this month, lie also need to get bands 
on the cooties, and green paint on their bellies. Collect all 
orange streamer birds which appear on Bure for the band return. 
Hie requested data sheets on growth and development of the Tropic- 
bird, with special note of the number of study chicks, were not 
included in either progross report. 
X am most unhappy with your decision not to collect the 
requested rat information as George had been carefully instructed. 
It is tay decision whether or not to trust your accuracy when I 
analyse the dataj you should have at least mde the effort to do 
your best in spite of limited experience. Beproductive and ecto¬ 
parasite information is especially Important to the project. The 
July trapping will therefore be delayed until I rot urn, I should 
be on Kura July 25 , and the traps should be cleaned and ready to 
set on July 2,6, 
It had always been my wish that the weekly work schedules 
from the calendar be included in each progress report so that we 
