Droppings 
July 5, 1966 
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We seem to have more bits and pieces this time - we all enjoyed 
the box of candy that the Pyles sent us en route to Seattle. When 
the last piece was in the box, we found a sign saying "Modesty" on 
top of it. We have yet to figure out who took the candy, replacing 
the slip of paper with another slip saying "Gluttony". 
The trip summaries which were sent from Honolulu are proving 
invaluable - these included the numbers of the trips (SIC 1, 2, etc.) 
the dates, vessel, personnel, plus islands or group descriptions. 
I think that Jan Ely did most of this with some help from her husband 
and Max. When these are added to the pelagic summaries which Pat 
Gould has put together, we have an instant method of location of data 
for any one SIC. Many thanks to all. 
I seem to have missed the boat last week - the Long-billed Curlew 
is Numenius madagascarensis, the first North American skin. Bob DeLong 
also collected a Plover which is a Mongolian Plover. They have a 
White-Wagtail which is a first record for the Pribilofs and Max shot 
a Common Pochard on St. Paul, the second record foi* the Pribilofs plus 
a Polynesian Tattler, the first spring record. Max also sent a picture 
of two Turnstones that had been previously banded. The plumage 
difference was striking - the head of the immature which was banded 
in 1964 is brown and the adult's head is white. Be on the lookout for 
a brown-headed or a white-headed Turnstone. 
