Amerson, A. Binion, Jr., 1963
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C. G. Loran Station, Sand Island, Johnston Island Atoll by mailing cardboard to its sides. It was large enough to sit on box inside. We placed it near the Frigate Bird nests to make observations. At 10 I checked the marked Wedgetailed Shearwater burrows and banded three new adults in them. A new number nine and ten (nest) were found and recorded. The Berlese sample was processed and a new sample from a mouse nest was added. After lunch Ken observed the Frigate from the blind for two and a half hours. Several pairs of unbanded Red-tailed Tropicbirds are flying around the island. They appear to be wanting to land. No mail from the S. I. came on the plane today. This is discusting!! After dark Ken banded two hundred adult Sooty Terns. This makes one thousand adults we have banded. I banded twenty-nine Frigates (5 ?, 22 ?, and two immatures). Fifteen of these come from the off- shore islet. Two Brown Boobies (one local and one immature) were also banded there. Two other Brown Boobies and three Red-footed Boobies were banded on the mainland. Two more pairs of Christmas Island Shearwater were found. Three of these birds were banded. The fourth one got away. Upon checking the pair under the cement slab on the north beach, a chick