C. L. Soran Station, Sand Island, Johnston Atoll I spent about an hour watching Common Noddies during the afternoon. They appear to be very senative and inquisitive. Even those quite a distance away come and dive at you ever so often regardless of how quite you are. After supper, but before dusk, I checked the masked Wedgetail Shearwater burrows and recorded the adults present all birds are still on eggs. Those whose eggs are close to the top of the ground apparently have deserted their nests since no adults have been recorded on t em for several days. Since it rained a light shower after dusk and due to 2 good movies, we did not work tonight. Received message saying Miller would arrive on Wednesday. July 20, 1963 Obtained mites from various plants on the island. These were mainly Tereanicidae (Spider mites). After lunch I made movies of Frigates, Boobies and Red-tailed Tropicbirds flying. Also some of Common and Hawaiian Noddies were made. During the afternoon we has a very heavy rain which lasted about 30 minutes. During this time the station recorded 3 1/2 inches of rain, which helped out the water supply. The roof of all the main buildings catch water and it is then pumped to a storage area. The station depends entirely on rain water. Before dusk I checked the Wedge-tailed Shearwater burrows and recorded the activity. After dark Ken and I banded 100 Wedgetailed Shearwater. A large congregation of Wedgetails were found on the South side (alone the guywire base). Approx. 60+ were banded and many