SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20560 
DROPPINGS FROM THE EAGLE'S ROOST 
July @ 6 , 1966 
This past week came and went with some arrivals and departures. 
The Elys arrived in the office bright and early Monday morning and 
spent the whole week with us. They,along with Dr. Humphrey and 
Pat Gould,departed for England and the IOC last Friday. It was 
touch and go for a while because of the airline strike but they 
were last seen leaving the Museum at 3 PM Friday afternoon and 
since we haven't heard from them we assume they got on their 
scheduled Pan American 6 PM flight on Friday evening, from Friend¬ 
ship Airport. Pat left from Dulles at J PM on Friday and our 
four representatives to the IOC would all arrive in London on 
Saturday morning at 7 AM. Dayle Husted came in on Monday also 
and was with us for two full days before returning home to Kansas. 
Because of the strike he also wasn't sure if he would make it all 
the way to Kansas. The last report was that he was taking a train 
home. Jeff and Binion arrived back with us yesterday. Binion 
stopped in Macon en route. We were all surprised when Binion showed 
up sporting a mustache. The overall opinion of the female members 
of the Project is that since it matches the color of the hair on 
his head so well he can keep it. We do believe that Binion is 
becoming the Project's own "Rhett Butler.'" John Fitch left here 
on Thursday afternoon to return to Kansas and continue his work 
on bats and then be in Honolulu in time to join the August SIC. 
Bob Tuxson will leave DC this weekend and arrive in Honolulu the 
beginning of next week. After being with us since mid-June, our 
two newest Project members are elated at the prospect of those 
blue Pacific waters. 
A card came in this morning from Pat Gould - - i— Travel 
apparently is quite broadening during a strike. Pat managed to 
get no dinner until 10:30 at night, had no cigarettes, and sat 
next to a crying child all night. He also reports that he's 
confused by London, but then everybody is. The main difficulty 
there is to remember not to look the wrong way when crossing the 
street - you only have to do that one time. 
We have a new young lady working for us - Francina Brown - 
who is from the Neighborhood Youth Corps and will be here until 
about the first of September. Francina comes in for four days 
a week and is helping with our ADP work and also with the orange 
streamers. We are glad to have her here. 
We have a new Red-footed Boobie retrap - 777-55^-22, banded 
as a Nestling on Enderbury on 10-02-65- It was captured aboard 
a ship off Namumea Island, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, on 07-12-66. 
The band was read and the bird released in excellent condition. 
