Fleet, Robert 1964 15 Christmas Island Shearwater= Saw three birds, no evidence of breeding. Bonin Island Petrel - Saw many 30 - 40 from rubber boat as we left island at 1800 hours for ship. Lost glasses, now using sunglasses, under way for Laysan. September 19--Landed Laysan Island at 0915. Found Shearwater and SI personnel had been on island for four days and are camped at North end of island. Lagoon very low. Finches abound around campsite at Casurina tree. O's yellow-green, Q's drab. Saw 30+ Red-tailed Tropicbird in air at 1430: one recapture 555-15349 bird threw up deep water fish about 4 inches long - deep blue in color. Remnants of large Sooty Tern colony all over island - mostly around campsite. Counted over 50 seals on west beach before landing. Obviously many Bulwer's Petrel - one dead at campsite. Estimated 500 Red-tailed Tropicbird on island. Counted 1400 Common Noddy on beach count. Population Estimates = to be derived from Shearwater group count. Shorebirds on beach Ruddy Turnstone = 67: Wedge-tailed Tropicbird = 9 Bristle-thighed Curlew = 7: Golden Plover = 113 Seals: Adult σ' = 56 " φ 34 Subadult σ' 35 " φ 27 unclassified adult 74 " sub ad. 14 " 12 252 tagged seals No. 22 and No. 33