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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20560 
July 9$ 1966 
Mrs, Herbert M. Church, Jr. 
Pacififi Program, Room 601W 
Smithsonian Institution 
Dear Jane: 
A mutual friend has already admitted that he isn’t too red hot when it comes 
to record kdeping but xkxx since he is in Alaska (and can’t defend himself) I won’t 
say much about him* After a great deal of searching and complaining I have managed 
to find and straighten out a number of errors that occurred on the banding records 
from the last SIC trip. There is one for which I have jsBacs positively no solution- 
one you know about already. 
In Max’s book, written just as pretty as you please, was the band series 
652-27001-27100. I have no idea regarding the origins of this string and have 
' never carried it on an inventory, I t may be that we have always had this string 
(x&oxsk stuck away inside a pack of something else) and just never ran across it. 
At anyrate. Max records this string on two different pages in both his green memo 
(field) book and in the trip record. I don’t really see how he could have goofdd 
in the original recording of the string. Perhaps you could check with the banding 
office and fidd out who the string was originally issued to and if it was ever 
reported as being used. If not, I suppose that the best thing we could do would 
be to report is fes being used by us on Phoenix Is. 
Max pulled a couple of other dillies on me in the records but I think I have 
them all straightened out now. Time will tell. 
We have again reached the point where we are in need of certain supplies. Every' 
time you think you are all set for a few months the program speeds up again and 
suddenly you are short of gear. I have ordered a few items from out here as a sort 
of buffer between now and the time your supplies get here (l.e. 2hOO vacutainers & 
2000 syringes.) The prices I paid for these items are the ones I previously 
quoted to you. Shipping for these items is negligable because the company brings 
them in with their regular shipments. 
We need the following: 
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f T , T U; packs of Smithsonian Letterhead Stationery.! • 
/Vatcfi^L-l **w$ iC *6 drums of good (fine) hardwood sawdust - no wood chips, iron filings, etc. 
Of Ljiaj> c 30 bottles Botin’s Fluid - for procellarid proventriculi jt- flaw$*-*<!* Z'O 
Oik<Aji & 5000 Whirlpaks 
Oic[€M fit 3000 Small plastic bags 
.S£vr50 pair gloves 96 / . j _ ^ L iL f Jf r 
r 2 ^ - _ h cartons - cotton batts [uJJ ^ 7- ^ bOH Ike 1 f 
SO pair spring pliers 
5000 Pacific Project Field Tags 
Formaldehyde - you were going to make monthly shipments? 
' Alcohol - we are now down to h gallons which is enough for another trip 
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