19th December, 1983

Dear Mr Plant,

My apologies for a slow reply to yours of the 4th.

Nothing new has come up regarding the chicken bone on Watom Island. It was a leg bone. Unfortunately it is not easily accessible for measurement.

I must confess that I have not made a conscious effort to keep up with recent finds of chicken bones in the Pacific. It would take several weeks of library research to do so. Have you contacts with Professor C.W. Higham, Department of Anthropology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, N.Z.? He may be able to assist you.

With best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

Jim Specht
Divisional Head, Anthropology.