Amerman 1964 Sand Johnston Feb 18 600 Sooties, 2 C.I. Shearwaters landed 8.30 - 11.30. Feb 19 Banded 1 RITB under fuel tank. 19 more banded on Johnston, 11 on eggs. All on J.I. were painted with fluorescent green to observe inter-island movement. All were found under bushes. Both gulls still present on J.F. 600 Sooties, 2 Common Noddis, 1 C.I. Shearwater landed 8.30 - 12. Feb 20 Binion reported a group of Sooties sitting on the slope NE of the Brown Boobies ~ 9 AM. These disappeared or merged with the group on the point by afternoon. At 2.30 p.m. The Sooties on the point numbered about 2000. Most of these were on the ground, only about 300 in the air, which represents a change from the more nearly equal distribution of the past few days. Dave found 25+ Sooty eggs on the islet, plus 3 C. Wolly, 18 Grey-back, 15 Gray back eggs on dock. We decided to discontinue banding temporarily because of the difficulties