T Lyons 1939 June 9 1939 Peal island Time out - 8:30 to 11:00 AM Weather - The usual east wind, moderate out of cumulus clouds Route - Start, quarter out road to Coral East gables, along promontory, working inward to 50 yds & outward to slope of beach, along beach & tidal flats next to Wake Channel back along flats to Brusters. Comment - Birds all seem to be nesting (except rails) eggs or young in down stage. Air at all time full of Sooty Tern, noisy, quite hi, great especially over North end of Wake, spiral from ground to 2 or 3 hundred yds up South end of Peal is meeting ground for Noddies. List - 1. Frigate birds (8) 2. Booby (2) 3. Noddy 4. Snowy Tern 5. Hawaiian Tern, Tropic Bird, 7. Flightless Rail 8. Golden Plover 9. Soots Tern