Lehner, P. 1944 140 Nov. 14 - continued 3 clam shell face up holding bits of tobacco and matches; realizing that he wanted to make an offering we gave him a pack of cigarettes, one of which he placed on lit amongst the other tobacco and then replaced the larger clam shell over it; he was then quite pleased and we took his picture beside the shrine; we then headed back toward his hut and our raft, but stopped short when we saw that one of a flock of six Roddy Turnstones along the shore had a painted red rump; this indicated that it had been banded by our project members (Hoeman and Thompson) in the Aleutians; Binion rushed off to the raft and returned with the gun; I suggested he go further down the shore and I would scare them to him; this he did, but as I approached the birds they did not fly; I could see which one was painted and indicated it to Binion as he approached the seemingly calm birds; the painted one was the last to fly and Binion shot him before he could; the band number was very close to the one we were given on Jaluit indicating that that one was also banded by our project members; we returned to the native's hut and drank some coconut milk and then went to our raft; (over)