K. Anceman 1964 Taka Atoll, Marshall Islands trip to Biken Atoll is planned to salvage wood from the wrecked Japanese fishing vessels for houses. The present population is about 275. The people are fond of birds and birds' eggs. They visited Taka about a month ago and harvested a large number of eggs, and cooked up some Sooty Terns last night. We have a promise to be shown the clearwaters tomorrow and possibly we may feast on fresh-caught piping lobster. Roger Paimon saw a bird resembling a jaeger fly past the ship this afternoon and Roger reports an orange-tagged Brown Booby! O.I. 23. Left ship around 0830 for Taka Islet, except Phil+ Roger who went to Eluk to collect noddis. Picked up rat traps, catching 8 out of 25 - first successful trapping. We took blood samples, wound up pooling all right due to the ridiculous 2-3 drops supplied by each. Proceeded to collect fish along the margin of the coral shelf along the island, taking advantage of the low tide. Still very precarious going - coral