\ 12 September 1966 
Mr. Doug Hackman 
PO Box 8095 
Honolulu, Hawaii 
Dear Deaf: 1 1 
Thank you for your letter of 7 September. Yes, I hope the ecto¬ 
parasites fro® the last SIC don’t take as long to get here as the last 
ones did. Kohls has already identified the 68 vials of ticks I sent 
him on the 23rd of August. They included a nymph of Ixodes amersoni 
and a rare Ixodes from Western Samoa. Last Friday I sent Kohls 88 
additional vials of ticks which were in the material you recently sent 
me. 
I hope the Ectoparasite Reports for each of the islands to be 
visited by the current SIC trip reached Honolulu prior to the ships 
departure. They should have gotten there on or before the 3rd. I'll 
find out whether they got there when I talk to Dr. Pyle tomorrow. 
Many thanks for the page on Hawaiian game bird parasites. What 
is the title, etc., of the article from which this came? 
Jaye Cee and I had to halt our mass examination of frozen bird 
heads as we ran out of small vials on Friday. The above tick ship¬ 
ments used up our supply, Ve hastily ordered some sore and they should 
be here this afternoon. 
I received a nice 14ng letter from Fred last week. All is veil 
with him. He certainly sounds as if he is really enjoying his work. 
Best regards. 
Binion Amerson 
PS: The next time you are in DC you will have to come out and view my 
new color TV. It is suppose to be delivered dm Ihursday of this week. 
