Amerson, B. 1963 East Island N. E. Side and circled and came in from the S.W. side. The ship anchored about half way between La Perouse Pinnacle and East Island. By 9 a.m. we were anchored. The skipper had his men prepare to take us ashore. All of our gear and ourselves rode in the whaleboat with the rubber craft leading the way through the reef. By 10:30 we were ashore on the N. E. tip of East Island. We found one of the old quonset huts which had a good floor although dirty. We got busy (while the sailors brough our gear) and cleaned the place out. By noon we had both tents up (one inside on the floor) and were ready to eat. The radio was not working so the crew took it back to the ship to see what was wrong. East Island is about 700 yards long by 90 yards wide and rains in an east-west direction. There are six old quonset huts in bad condition toward the west end of the island. The island is covered in low vegetation mainly puncture plant. One large is growing on the east point. The island is not over 10 - 15 feet high. Sooty Terns are nesting almost over the entire island. Common Noddies (approx. ) are nesting in the vegetation (low) on the west point and a few are located on the old quonset huts, old boards, drums etc. (Fred counted sixty nests). Laysan Albatross also nested here and the chicks are almost ready to fly ( a little bit of down left)---243 chicks were banded. Black-footed Albatross also nested and are mainly on the eastern central portion. Frigate birds are around but don't appear to have nests. Six Ruddy Turnstones, one golden Plover and a Wandering Tattler were seen on the beach. Approximately ten seals were seen on the beaches. Turtles are very (25 ±) numerous and appear to be Laying eggs.