K. Boulkman 1964 Taka Atoll - Marshall Islands Spent the night aboard ship. Oct 20. Up at 0700. Royer, Phil's 2 went in one raft to Elak and Bochen Islands, leaving the ship about 0830 and returning at 11.57, while Binon, Genge & Lany went to Taka and Lojoton and Wrojovich. No vegetation exists on Bochen. About 20 Black-raped Terns and an equal number of Hawaiian Nodules were roosting on the NW corner and 6 Golden Plovers were feeding on the exposed rock flats on the North ( seaward ) side. One dead turtle was found. It was being devoured by hermit crabs. Another turtle was crawling along the rocks of the North Side. It apparently had wounded itself on the rocks or perhaps had had an encounter with a Shark 3, as it was bleeding and seemingly wandering dimlessly on the island. Tom Jones, our boatman, tracked it most of the length of the island. The shell species utilized by the various hermit crabs shows more variety here than previously seen. They include Turbo, lamp shells, augers, horn shells. It would be interesting to check numbers of each. On Elak, which Forbes claims harbors numerous seabirds, we found numbers of Fairy Terns and Hawaiian