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P. S. A last minute digest of the "late" mail reveals the following 
news — just in case you didn't know weeks ago: 
1. Dr. Ely 1 s new address is 6l39 Pakukula, Honolulu, phone, 39103. 
Chuck reports, among much other activity, that Larry cannot find 
his record hook (doesn't mention what kind of records) but suspects 
it is in someone elses gear. Anyone seen it? 
2. King, Clapp, Hackman, Huber, and Jillson banded 7>689 sooty terns 
on 9 April on Mauaua Island. Whowl A new (international ?) record. 
3- Reports of Ludwig, Whitman, Standen, Hoeman, et al indicates a 
flurry of February banding and observation activity on the offshore 
islets (this is the late mail)! 
P. S. S. Dr. Wetmore returned today from his trip to American Museum 
and l) confirmed record of Puffinus assimilis assimilis from Midway I.; 
2) Identified tentatively named Pterodroma phillipi which he collected 
on Kure in 1923 as P. neglecta . This is the Kermadec petrel which 
Survey has identified at sea. Dr. Wetmore believes his Kure specimen 
represents the Eastern (offshore Chile) population rather than the Kermadec 
(western) group. 
3) The tentatively identified Pterodroma arminjoniana specimen from 
Kure was identified by Dr. Wetmore as Pterodroma ultima, which makes 
a new record for the central Pacific. 
