Aug. 17, 1964- 
Dear Bill: 
In working up the data from Kure I have drawn several tentative conclusions 
as what we need to do. I'm sure that you have heard some of this before and 
you must have other ideas that I have overlooked. In any case I will sent this 
to you. 
1. Dawn to dusk activity study. 
2. Improved accuracy on population estimates. 
3. Breakdown of population into breeding adult, nestling, local, 
immature and subadult. 
4. Best counts of breeding species where practical. 
5. Inclusion in progress reports of behavior notes which help to 
delineate breeding times and activities. 
6 . General increase in taking of behavior notes, changes in soft part 
colors during and after breeding, food habits, display, ete. 
This will be of great value in writing up species accounts for 
reports. 
7 . More emphasis on collection of specimens from populations of normally 
oeeuring birds. Although our birds may not be new subspecies they 
will be valuable for comparison purposes.. We are the only island 
in the Leewards with extensive collecting possibilities. 
Guess that is about it. However, you might send in the Bed-tailed 
Tropicbird recapture forms so Mrs. Church ean send, them in. I will send 
all our original forms back to you for re-use next year. 
Sincere as Alwaysj 
Robert R. Fleet 
