C. G. Seran Station, Sand I. Johnston 12 A toll marked nests. All of the other marked ones wer present in their burrows. No's 9 and 10 still had not shown up. (9 being an egg on top of t e ground and 10 a new burrow.) During the afternoon a cookout was held by the C.G. Some extremely good steaks were eaten by all. After dark we were going to band Sooty Terns but it rained so we watched the movie instead and went to bed. July 14, 1963 This morning I processed the Berlese funnel sample of the Xmas I. Shearwater nest. Among other mites found were Cheyatids and Trobiculids (larval chiggers). Around noon I made movies of the Sooty Tern colony and other birds. I obtained a litter sample from a Red-tailed Tropicbird nest (under a scaevola bush) and placed this in the Berlese funnel. While Ken banded 1CO immatures Sooty Terns I attempted to wade over to t e small islet near the old pier to land Frigate. Due to high tide I did not make it. Instead I walked around the head area and only banded 6 Frigates. I did band 11 Christmas Island Shear- waters, however. These birds are mostly located on the south side near the old concrete bunker. Only 2 were found on the north side (under cementslab). I counted 152 immature Red-footed Boobies sitting on the N.E. guyqires. These were sitting side by side.