SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20560 
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send any to Pago Pago at this time because the trip left with slightly more than 
100,000 which should be more than enough. I will definitely need some for the next 
SIC trip so the bands should be sent out here fairly fast. 
Don't worry about the listings now. Glad to hear that one copy was sent to 
Pago Pago* I am seriously thinking about trying to have the listings run off out 
here on occasion. When a SIC trip returns I would like to try to up-date the listings 
and have these copied off so that the next trip can go out with a full listing. 
As the emphasis is placed more and more on the recapture of birds the listing 
will become more and more important and it will be necessary to have it absolutely 
current. If it isn't currdnt it will just mean more work for all concerned, especially 
if they handle large numbers of returns. 
If you want you can send all of the copies you have except for about two copies. 
I can use any copies you don't want. What I'll do with these is keep them up-dated 
and then rotate them to the various island stations so that they can stay current 
as well. 
■1 I feel that while duplicating may be cheaper in D.C. it will be cheaper (in terms 
of total time lost) to have some of the work done out here. How do you feel about this? 
I hope you get some more room in the freezers back there sometime in the near 
future because I am still fairly full out here. I don't have any time to devote to 
skinning myself and there aren't many people in town these days with so many trips 
in and out. By the last part of this week I'll be ready to send the last shipment 
of specimens (from theSIC trip) back to you. There will be two trunks of birds and 
one trunk full of berlese samples and miscellaneous specimens. The alcoholics will 
be sent later via surface. 
Linda's mother and grandmother are now making a one week bk circuit of the bther 
islands, ^hen they return they'll stay at a hotel about 1 block away from us. There 
just isn't enough room in our apattment for four adults and a baby - it would be 
a real madhouse. My parents we invited byrt have declined. 
Hope you had a grand time down at Kent Point this year and got lots of goodies. 
Wish I could be home right now to band some teensy tiny birds along with you* 
Regards, 
