Journal and notes of H. Hamlin : Whitney South Sea Expedition July 20, 1927 to August 8, 1930.
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(152) perspicacity of imagination - no natives of the South Pacific may obtain permits for firearms in the do- main except Papuans. The Govt. Secretary communi- cated the strongest objection of the Supreme council that I collect any birds at all. I asked- please might I have up to 20 as a limit, having specified in my original request that no protected species were desired (undoubtedly they do not occur in the islands). Approval to take "the each unprotected species for museum