Ravenman 1964 Sand Johnston Feb 24 study plots were staked out adjacent to the new plot and to plot #2. Staked all 12 Brown Booby nests and the Red-foot nest with egg. Began banding and painting Brown Boobies. We are trying to number each bird with the fluorescent orange, giving pairs adjacent numbers and males even numbers. This number is painted on the breast; in order to distinguish marked birds while sitting we are also painting the neck. Feb 28 Binion left at noon. Mar 2 15th Progress Report: Goodies from the S.I. arrived including chicken, staples, kerosene, towels, tigs and (eight) orange streamers. Now have some 30,000 of the latter on hand according to S.I. scales. Mar 3 Moved study plot 3 from St shore to interior in same line as plot 2, on Tribulus. No eggs had been laid yet at the former location, apparently since it was an open ground. We have noticed that the boobies seem to favor