SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 20560 
It night be of interest for you to inquire from the Japanese 
banding office just how many buddy Turnstones they did band 
and the methods they used to trap them with, lie note at least 
two different serial numbers in the three bands we recovered. 
He are going to paint anymore turnstones that we catch so the 
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peoole in the Pacific area should he on the lookout for birds 
with red "rumpsV. ¥e certainly hope that funds will be made 
available to us to return to St, George next July and August 
to try and band more and recover birds that we banded this year. 
My present schedule calls for departing to ITikolski on TJmnak 
Island on September 5 arriving on the 6th. I intori.d to look for 
turnstones and make other observations for a week or so and then 
move on to Dutch Harbor for a few days. I should be back in 
Washington around September 20, This would give me 10 days to 
write reports and get to Honolulu. If I need arrive in Honolulu 
sooner the Aleutian phase could be shortened. 
The two bats of cotton arrived on the PSP and we thank you, 
I will be making an air shipment of birds from St. Paul on Septembe 
5. 
He found the article about Old "Stump Leg" quite interesting 
and well written. 
Under separate cover we have sent the banding schedules to 
date. 
The only thing that will have to be replaced on the cannon 
net Is the firing cord. The foxes have chewed this one up so 
much that it would he unreliable for much more use. 
I guess this is all for now. He will be looking 1 orward to 
hearing from you. Give Jane our condolences. She can work on 
turnstone returns if she gets tired of boobies. 
Sincerely yours 
Max C, Thompson 
Pacific Project, Division of Bird 
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