Gill, Douglas 1964 2 Washington airport I grabbed a taxi and went to the Museum. I first went to the wrong wing but finally got orientated and found the Bird Division. I passed Dr. Phil Humphrey and said "hi". He recognized me and directed me to Mrs. Smellow's office. I was greeted, given packs of information. We all then went over to eat at the Museum of Arts and Technology (?) and I was gradually introduced to everyone on the way over. That afternoon we spent moving furniture in the Bird Division, because they were tiling the floor. Paul Woodward (a hulking graduate of Michigan) and I followed Bob Standen to his fraternity house to get a room. After dumping our stuff into his room, we went out to eat in a cafeteria which had real good food. We went back to the room and relaxed for that evening. Finally at 10 Paul and I moved into a room across from Bob's and hit the sack. May 26 Up at 7, shower and shave. Breakfast at a small greasy spoon drink where I had good waffles. The walke to the Smithsonian is about 20 minutes. Our great white leader Fred Sibley arrived and greeted us newcomers. I spent most of the morning reviewing the birds of the North Central Pacific. We got along well, I think. For lunch I went down with Roger Clamp to the lunch vending machines, a frequent source for lunch. We ate lunch in the library with most of the expedition people and had a good bull session. The early afternoon was spent purchasing field clothes and equipment. Paul, Peter Marshall, and I were the purchasing agents. The late afternoon was spent cutting bright orange streamers for field observation of banded Sooty Terns. It was a ing slits in a couple thousand of them. Finally at tedious job not the