ICure Island 
Smithsonian Pa rty 
USCG Loran Station 
USN Sta tion. Box 36 
FPO San Efancisco, Calif 
96640 
25 August i 960 
Dear Jane, 
Greeting from Kure Island. I am re ally enjoying the work up or out 
here. What with the Booby and Red-tailed Trooicbird nesting studies, 
the berlese samples, the rat collecting, the shorebird surveys, and 
the usual banding there is plenty-to keep me more than busy and it is 
great to be alone to do the work as and.when i want to. I think that 
i am'getting quite a bit. done. 
Am writing as the twice weekly plane arrives to take mail off. Yesterday 
while counting sho rebirds I saw a Ruddy Turnstone with a eaa small 
green streamer on the left leg. What stood out more than-the streamer 
was that the proximal portions of the tail feathers and the lower portion 
of the back where it should ha ve been white was a bright orange color! 
Is this one of our birds from the Pribmlofs? (also ?sjelling) I tried 
to. collect the bird but by the time i got back to the barracks and 
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found the CO to get the gun _ 0 
did not turn it up f#• If the color marking, is. ours 3 
idea since 
probably would''not have seen the tag-streamer * 
one and a search all this morning 
think it is a fine 
the orange stands out very distinctly and without this i 
Hello to everyone in Washington. More sometime. 
Sincerely. 
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