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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 20560 
14 March 1965 
Binion Amerson 
Pacific Project 
division of Birds 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Binion, 
We have not yet official received the message but forty-three(43) 
Berlese samples and forty-five vials are being sent to you. 
A copy of all the necessary records are being snet in the form of 
undeveloped film enclosed in box 1 of the Berlese samples. Pictures 
were taken to obtain exact copies and to speed reproduction. I 
developed some film of the records here to test this procedure and 
it work fine using poly-contrast 10. 
DO NOT send any wire: we were able to salvage enough from the 
beaches around the island. 
DO send some black Marks-a-lots; we are using the last weak markers. 
We had a very high tide the other day which destroyed most of the 
Gxay-back eggs on the Sri islet; it is interesting to note that a 
Gray-back chick banded 11 January on the old pier was found much 
alive on the Sri islet 12 March. 
Sorry I hadn't got more ectoparasite material but the Sooties have 
kept us pretty busy and I am not a 24-hour-a-day worker. 
Regretfully 
Norman Heryford 
P S 
