SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON 25. D. C. 
March 25, 1965 
Kure 
Dear Maryanna: 
Thank you very much for the prompt shipment of the supplies we 
requested. 
We are now down to less than 2 weeks supply of blood sampling equip¬ 
ment. It is imperative that you send the following: 
1) BLOOD EQUIPMENT 
A. Syringes 300 - 
. B. Needles 300 
C. Centrifuge tubes 200 
D. Pipettes 1 gross 
j 2) Selection of plastiq colored Dymo-tapes. 
\jy) Multiple electric plug outlets - 2. 
4 4) Orange spray paint - 6 cans* 
v • 
We read the recent droppings wit.i interest, especiilly the section 
on Dioroedea exulans * The Kure ectoparasite catalog is in the ‘back of 
the specimen!catalog which is in D. C. 
To my knowledge, we have never had a Wandering Albatross on Kure* I 
think this was a mistake and nothing more. I checked our banding 
books but found no entry of 737-95841. This band was probably put 
on a Laysan Albatross but obviously did not get recorded in the 
banding book, hence the f, L0ST ,f . 
I have to rush this onto the airplane. Standen made the latest island 
headlines by running the half-mile in 2 mins. 4 sec. 
As always, 
Robert R. Fleet 
Research Curator 
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