C. H. Coran Station, Sand Island Johnston Atoll July 12, 1963 This morning I painted identification numbers on 10 wooden stakes to make Wedge-tailed Shearwaters burrows. While these were drying I obtained the fauna from a Red-tailed Tropicbird nest which had been in the Berlese Funnel overnight. Ken Wilz checked the Fri- gate and Booby nests and made observations on then during the morning. When the paint dried on the stakes, I proceeded to make 10 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters burrows and banded the birds in them. One burrow appear- ed to be just started but no adult was with it. I also worked an egg on top of the ground, but no adult with it. The other eight burrows had 1 egg a piece. The birds were also sprayed with red paint on their breast feather. An adult Sooty Tern with a broken wing was killed and inspected for ectoparasites. Mallophaga (with eggs on feathers) and feather mites were obtained. Upon opening the nasal cavity, a large number of attached chiggers were discovered. No nasal mites were found, however. This was not finished until after lunch. During the early afternoon Ken checked the boobies again and I checked the boobies again and I checked the Shearwater nests. Some of the adults which left the burrows after being banded had still not returned at 2 pm. I also banded 2 more Red-tailed Tropicbirds. One of these grabbed my thumb as I threw it into the air and consequently cut 2 gashes in the thumb. A mouse nest was obtained and placed in the Berlese Funnel.