Romerwan 1964 Sand-Darnton Feb 12 The U.S.S. Energy arrived at J.I. at 1 P.M. to pick up fuel, halfway through the grid. We went on board and chatted with the sooney watchers (Gould, King, Ludwigs, Homan, Whitman) for most of the afternoon. Perhaps next month arrange- ments can be made for Tion to get off long enough to come over here. Banded 600 Sooties, 15 Common Noddies, 8 Grey-backs, 15 Red-foots, 3 Masked, 2 Christmas Island & 22 - 1. Feb 13 Second tropic bird nest seems to have been deserted; egg unattended 6 P.M. yesterday and yet to day. Six Grey-back eggs on gun island now. Several noddies there boring and carrying stones— Banded 400 Sooties, 27 C. Noddies, 1 Red-footed Booby (S.U.), 10 Grey-backs & 22 - 12. Both gulls still on J.I., Franklin's still PALM tame, Western (3) flying again but weakly. Other populations on J.I.- RTTB-8, in air WTTB-1