Amerson, B 1963 The elevation is about 5 feet and wave action was quite bad. We left after staying about 15 minutes 12:05 p.m. and arrived back at East Island at 2 p.m. During the afternoon and night more birds were banded. No Insects were found on any of these islands. June 10, 1963 - French Frigate Shoals This morning we left East Island in the rubber craft and headed for La Perouse Pinnicle. We were going with the wind so didn't notice the large waves. We reached the "rock" and saw that Brown Boobies, Fairy Terns, Common Noddies, and Grey-backed Terns were nesting there. The first two were never seen over East Island. Due to the large swells breaking over the rocks and the sheer cliffs we were unable to land. We headed back for the ship and got thoroughly soaking wet since we were headed directly into the wind and waves. After reaching the ship we obtained: more blood sampling material and headed back to East Island. During the afternoon and night blood samples were taken from Sooty Terns (10), Common Noddy (11), Red-footed Boobies (10), Frigatebird (10), Laysan Albatross (chick) (10), and Wedge-tailed Shearwaters (10). Only eight of the seventy-one birds sampled died (three Sooties, three Noddies, one Laysan, and one Black-footed Albatross). During the night a light trap was run but only one hippoboscis was obtained--nothing else. No ticks have been seen on East Island. The blood samples were stored in the ice chest overnight. June 11, 1963 - French Frigate Shoals This morning we packed up our gear to leave East Island. The whaleboat came in about 7 a.m. and we transferred everything into it.