Fleet, Robert 1964 16 Laysan Teal: .... 257 counted; 152 counted along margin of Lagoon on East side. West and South = 49 East = 200 estimate 400 North = 8 450 total teal Teal band recoveries 615-30972 575-94167 94025 94188 94111 banded: 615-30601 Bristle-thighed Curlew 602 teal adult ♂ 603 " " ♀ 604 " ♂ 100 dead albatross along lagoon. September 20--Banded 27 Finches. Shot movies of birds. Broke camp. Basswood meanwhile picked up jap fishing boat and towed to FFS. We September 21 boarded Shearwater and met Basswood at 1600.on the 21st. Missed Gardner September 22 Finches. Arrived at Necker Island at 0730 on the 22nd. Landing attempt foiled by high seas. Under way to Nihoa Island at 1500 hours. September 23--Arrived off of Nihoa at 0700. Landed Nihoa from rubber boat at 0930. Very rough landing. Carried gear up into East Palm gulch. Saw an immature Frigate hit water. Watched for 15 minutes and flapped but couldn't get up. Frigate immature Red-footed Booby, Common Noddy and two immatures Blue-faced Booby circling ship. Found Common Noddy (local) and downy Wedgetail chicks in and under rockledges. Some Wedgetails with body tracts coming in. Many finches, Fairy Terns, and Blue-gray Noddy.