K. Ameiman 1964 Tika Atoll, Marshall Islands 4 miles N. Many Pandanus trees are mixed in with the cocoanuts. Pemphis, which reminds me of agalea, occurs on the two ends. Many new plants grow here, including a large tree with large round leaves of deep green and 2" whitish tubular flowers; Dimbryptilla; a fern and a parasitic vine. The east beach is fronted almost exclusively by Scaevola, reminding me very much of Rone. There is also a large (6") gecko here, dark greenish above, yellow below, which runs about the coconut trunks. A colony of sooty Terns is located on the gravelly southeast corner. We Perths were aware of them this morning as a huge cloud of them was milling around over Elke. Bimba estimates 75-100,000, though only a small portion of these are nesting and I never saw nem that many. They are on eggs and going up to a week old. Other than the sooties, there are very few birds on Taka itself. Few Fairy Terns were shot. A strange Shorebird was seen but eluded the gunners as usual. An Erolia species was taken live this morning on Widadida Lojion; it is