September 6, l$66 
Soar Brians 
I just received your latter am ho -e this answer makes it back out 
to ycu by Thursday. Since yesterday was a holiday, no mail vent, thus y 
your letter was late getting to me, 
I am enclosing a color coded map shoving where we banded adult Sooty 
ferns on Bast Island during 1963, 1965. and 56. For 1963 the area is 
rather Halted, In 1965 boot#** were all • over the island, bat would not 
hold for banding exeepton the east portion, fhus our night banding was 
concentrated in this area. *a did, however, do some daytime netting of 
adult Booties around oat ceiapsite, I probably could go back over the 
little green raeno books and determine which bands were used on these 
flying adults. Bo netting was done at night—*--.11 birds were on the and. 
In 196< L all over thy island, with the central an! eastern portions 
worked the most. He daytime netting was undertaken. 
I understand that you got five stimaered Ruddy furnstones bo far. 
Congratulations, that 1 © great. One 1ms been reported from Kure also. I 
•a m 2 -us to hear what all you are getting. Pro-; at ft line if you get 
ts chance. - y‘ : 'y- y' ' 
The girls are still working on the June FFS returns. I briefly 
glanced over the BF3 returns sad noted that birds banded as nestlings in 
1963 numbered twice as many as we got last year. lose of these birds 
wore nesting either. In one case I had noted a questionable pairbond. 
Wore you and Bob bothered by chlggers? Jeff and I were, and I was 
able to obtain only one specimen. If you found some, I certainly hope that 
sosio have bean collected. 
Best regards. 
B ini on Aaserson 
