SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 20560 
August 22, 1966 
Mrs. Herbert M. Church, Jr. 
Pacific Program, Room 601W 
Natural History Bldg. 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington, D.C. 20560 
Dear Jane: 
The green memo books you sent out arrived with the air shipment about a week 
ago. Since then I have been having a real ball with them. I didn't get through 
more than three books on the ADP business before I found myself completely side¬ 
tracked. Just out of curiosity I took one of the books from Enderbury Island 
(for SIC # 8) and ran it against the interisland file since I knew Enderbury was 
one of the best islands for interisland movements. Gee was I surprised! 
In the first book I checked there were no less than 35 or so birds that had 
made interisland movements but had not been carded for the interisland file. There 
were also a number of birds which had already been carded for other movements. 
So for the past several days I have been doing nothing but check books against the 
interisland movements. This morning I counted them up and found that there are 
about 125 previously unrecorded movements - and this is only going through abotvt 
25 of the books you sent out. If all of the rest of the books run the same way 
I'll get quite a few more movements into the file before I'm through. With the 
possibility that there are quite a few more unrecorded movements I can't do much/ 
more than beat my way through the books a few at a time. 
I have enclosed a copy of a card I intend to use from now on for the interisland 
movements. This card will be employed when I encounter additional movements for 
birds that havd already been carded into the file. Since I can get four or five 
movements on each card it will save a little duplication and typing on my part. It 
will also signify to you that there should already be a card for that particular 
bird. To be more specific, I am enclosing nine of these cards that were filled out 
this week from the green memo books so you can see what I'm talking about. The 
info here suppliments already filled out cards. 
This morning I sent the revision to the inventory down to Dr. Pyle for his 
signature. I expect it will be mailed this afternoon or early tomorrow morning. 
This morning Dick Merrill is shipping our backlog of bird skins via air freight 
along with a few other items. He is also sending five drums of alcoholics to you 
via surface freight. Tomorrow morning I plan to call Pan Amer. and make reservations 
for the shipment of frozen birds. I'll make the reservation for Monday morning 
(August 29) and will send them via Pan Amer and American Airlines to Dulles, 
I won't send them unless I can get a confirmed reservation along the entire route. 
If there is any change in the shipping date I will notify you. 
Enclesed is a picture of my new assistant happily helping me work the other 
morning while his mother went to the dentibt. That blur down in the left hand 
comer is me —busily at work with the rattle which he gets a kick out of because 
it plays music (?). A lso a picture of the new look in the warehouse. 
