Amerson, B. 1963 seen. The landing site (middle cove.) was quite rough since one would have to step from the boat onto a rocky ledge. The Blue-grey Noddies were feeding off the Southern edge (about 200 ft. from shore). No seals were seen on the pebble "beach" although at a distance and due to the motion of the rubber craft they would have been hard to see. We returned to the ship and decided it was useless to keep waiting to go ashore. A bad weather report also came in. We then decided to dummeot home of the Blue-grey Noddies and Bulwer's Petrels since we may not find them again on the other islands to be visited. We did this by using the rubber craft again. We collected three Blue-grey Noddies, four Bulwer's Petrels and one Christmas Island Shearwater. One Fairy Tern which was probably learning to fly, flew onto the ship and was catched. This bird produced five hippoboscids. I had not collected any from this host before. At 8:15 this morning we saw our first- Black-footed Albatross of the trip, but he did not stay with the ship. At 10:30 we left Nihoa board for French Frigate Shoals. At another Black-footed Albatross came by, but again passed up the ship. Birds were counted and observed through most of the rest of the day. At 4:30 a Laysan Albattooss was sighted behind the ship but it too did not stay long. At approximately 10 p.m. Necker Island was spotted. We are to pass within five miles of it tonight (about 11 p.m.). June 7, 1963 - French Frigate Shoals, East Island Awoke this morning at 6:15, ate breakfast after going up on the bridge and seeing Tern Island in the distance. We approached from the