R. Ameman 1964 Taka Atoll, Marshall Islands Either a Pectoral or Sharp-tailed - I would guess Pectoral. The other team also report a Brown Booby with a red point, which would mean it is from Bikar. We left Taka near dusk and spent the night aboard. The Booby chicks are too young to land and the adults probably carried the got with the moon up all night and full. Late in the afternoon some of the ships crew came in to the island and reported a sailboat headed this way from Litirik. We watched it move around the reef but lost it in rain and darkness. It went on by the ship into the island about 8 P.M. Oct 21. Rain most of the day kept us aboard since we are not pressed for time here. We sawed rats in the afternoon. Curiosity reigns all day over the activities of the natives on the island. In late afternoon they departed the island and at first appeared to be going on, but they tacked around our stern and tied up at the captain's invitation. Of the four, one spoke quite passable English. Binan elicited a good deal of information from him about the birds, though in some cases it perhaps cannot be relied on since he often misunderstood