S T R I NEW S LET T E R 
ROBERT E. SILBERGLIED MEMORIAL FUND 
Anyone wishing to make donations to 
the Robert E. Silberglied Memorial 
Fund can do so through STRI or 
directly to Smithsonian Institution, 
Accounting Office, L'Enfant Plaza 3500 
Washington, D.C. 20560. At STRI 
Michael Robinson will accept donations 
for forwarding to SI and will provide 
forms for tax excemptions. 
ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES 
March 27 - Arriving, Jim Douglas and 
Tony Kohlrus, SI Office of 
Personnel, to visit STRI for 
one week and to negotiate 
with the NMU regarding labor/ 
management relations. 
Arriving, John Sager, RBL, to 
join W. Klein and B. Goldberg 
for discussions regarding 
ESP Projects. 
March 28 - Leaving, Dr. Egbert Leigh 
for the U.S. where he will be 
touring various universities • 
and presenting seminars. 
Arriving, Dr. Richard Hughes, 
University College of North 
Wales, to conduct studies on 
marine snails and their effect 
on aquatic plant populations. 
He will be accompanied by his 
family and will be working at 
the Naos Marine Lab until 
May 10. 
March 29 - Arriving, Dr. Alan Grinnell 
and assistant Roald Reverud, 
UCLA,to spend one month on 
BCI and work on Neurophysiolo-
gical experiments on Pternot us 
occidentalis. 
March 30 - Leaving, Dr. Carol Jopling, 
STRI Library, on official 
business to Washington, D.C. 
She will be returning to STRI 
on April 12th. 
March 31 - Arriving, BiancaD'Andria, 
Universidad Simon Bolivar, 
Caracas, Venezuela, on an 
EXXON Assistantship, to work 
with Dr. Stan Rand on a 
Study of Hatching Success and 
Parental Care in Crocodiles 
in the BCNM. She will be at 
STRI for 3 months. 
#12 
March 26, 1982 
SEMINAR NEWS 
The luncheon seminar on Tuesday, 
March 30th will be given by 
Dr. Leonard Freed, SI Postdoctoral 
Fellow from the University of Iow~. 
The subject of this seminar will be: 
Breeding biology of Housewrens: 
new dues of the avian life 
history phenomenon 
This seminar will be given in the 
ANCON CONFERENCE ROOM. There will 
be plenty of chairs but we will have 
a natural environment: · electric fans J 
until the new air-conditioning unit 
is installed. 
LIBRARY NEWS 
Among the new publications received 
this week in the STRI Library are: 
-Butterflies of the Neotropical 
Region (d'Abrera, B.) 
-Forest Island Dynamics in Man-
dominated Landsca·pes (Ecological 
Studies 41) 
-Mycobacterial Infections of Zoo 
Animals (Smithsonian Institution 
Press) .. 
-Vertebrate Locomotion (Symposia 
of the Zoological Society, London, 
No. 48). 
-Water in Plants Bibliography 
UPCOMING SIBUP CONGRESS 
The SOCIEDAD DE INVESTIGACIONES 
BIOLOGICAS of the University of Panama 
will be holding its Second National 
Scientific Meeting of , Biology Students 
April 13-16. Some members of the 
STRI staff and former fellows will 
be giving papers, and interested 
persons are invited to attend. The 
Meetings will be held in the Auditorium 
BIas Tejeira at the University. 
AVAILABLE 
Apartment in Fort Amador, from 
June 14 - Aug. 16th. Rent $125/month. 
For further information, please call 
Dr. Baerg at (2)52-5030.