SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 
May 11, 1964 
Mrs. Herbert M. Church, Jr. 
Division of Birds 
Sroithsonain Institution 
Washington 25, D.C. 20560 
Dear Mrs. Church: 
We will be needing some more #3 bands for Sooty Terns in about two 
weeks. The Sooty chicks^getting large enough to band and I would like 
to band as irany as possible before they fly. Some are almost flying 
now. I have allotted 10,000 of the ones on hand for chicks. We need 
about 10,000 more. We have about 7,000 left for adults (not counting 
anodized ones), so some more for adults are needed also. This brings up 
the question about color streamers. Have any been ordered? I wrote 
about this earlier (March 26) in a letter to Maryanna. I think they are 
well wofcth the time and effort it takes to cut m and put them on. 
We also need another 1,000 #5 (regular) bands for Wedge-tailed u 
Shearwaters. We have 600 regular #5's left (plus 400 light colored 
anodized, which were used last year on chicks). I would like to put 
only regular bands on the adults. We have already banded 400 this season 
and there are many more to do. We haven't even touched some of their 
nesting areas due to the presence of incubating Sooty Terns. 
Best regards 
A. B. Amerson, Jr. 
Research Curator 
Division of Birds 
(Sand Island, Johnston Atoll) 
