yons 1939 Sooty Tern pg a June 9 AM Peal - Air full of terns at all time esp over North end of Wake in great spiral. now nests seen on South part of Peal June 26 PM Wake - Nesting sight Rough visited. Estimate of pairs of nesting birds 5000 (600 ft x 50 ft or per per could easily be 10,000 North 6 sq ft). location along shore of Channel strip below Turnfortia and top of thin islands of beach mostly straw plant-like herb Westernmost groupe area 100 x 75 feet eggs just hatched a few still unhatched (one in one hundred) one was just hatching young were all helpless. Puffs of grey brown with black dots. Adjoining most groupe, young could retreat a few feet to a herb. abt 2 1/2 inches long - all the rest [illegible] groupe about 75' x 75'. All the rest were out of of the hotel they were just hatching some seemed to have been hatched by