got away. Several which we had banded earlier in other areas were picked up in this group. This maybe a gathering place for those individuals who are not setting on eggs at the moment. Only one adult seems to be on the egg at anytime and the adults only switch positions every several days. July 21, 1963 Ken Amerman and Pat Elliott from the S.I. arrived today at approx. 11:30 a.m. After introducing them to the C.O. they were shown their quarters. They unpacked their duffels while telling us a little of the news from the office. During the early afternoon I showed them the part of the island containing the birds. All of the different birds were pointed out. Part of the bands were in their duffels but the rest of them and other supplies were left in a trunk at Hicken to be sent as soon as possible. Of course their banding pliers are in the trunk! They brought 2 boxes of bright orange-red nylon strips to be used as leg markers so the birds marked from here can be identified at sea. This will be a most important phase of the "at sea records" made by the YAG which begins operations the 1st of August. Since none of the leg markers are cut to fit, we will not band birds tonight. The Wedgetail nests were checked. July 22, 1963 Wrote First Progress Report from here which covered the first 2 weeks of our stay (July 7, - July 20). During this time Ken and I banded 2542 birds of eight species. A total of 56 nests of four bird species have been marked and are being observed.