Amerman, Kenneth 1964 12 us set out to census the Laysan Teal, walking through the vegetation about 50 feet apart around the lagoon. We started south on the west side, finding very few. They became more numerous as we passed the palms at the southeast corner. The vegetation also became rougher, with much Scaevola, Solanum and Syparus extending into the Ipomea. About 2/3 of the way around we counted nearly 170 teal on the shore; it was then about 6 p.m. and it appeared that the ducks were coming out of the vegetation to feed. This seemed to be the major portion of the population so we gave up counting and relaxed in appreciation of the right of the birds moving along the shore and in the water in the fading light, bunching up ahead of us. Returned to camp quite tired, slept until 10:30 p.m. Doug and Alan had had to give up after doing 200 Sooties; Doug had returned to the ship in the afternoon, with fish balls, surfboard and driftwood log. Camp now looks pseudoscientific and neat again. Paul and Alan had returned from banding 200+ Bonin Island Petrels and 100 Sooty Terns. Bob Banner returned shortly from doing 200 more Sooties. I went out with 500 Sooty bands and the remainder of the Christmas Island string (29). Banded 200 Sooties, then worked off the 4's. Most of the Christmas Islands were immatures, many with traces of down about the head, and nearly all were sitting on sand just at the annex edge of the outer rim of Scaevola. Found a very few pairs, ran out of Scaevola by the rocks past the Casuarina, finished the bands on the beach. One trio among the rocks, two adults and one half downy young. A few Bulwer present there also.