Sailed for mail shop at Canton Is., then headed for Jarvis. Packed and arranged equipment in the afternoon. 13 November Skinned birds from breakfast to dinner then went to bed. 14 November Also. (Made two skeletons of white-throated storm petrel). 15 November LIPAN arrived Jarvis 1000 and after a delay to patch 6" rip in rubber raft landed three smooth trips. Set up shop in spacious house, after driving out the cats and young tropicbirds. Nearby was refreshment stand selling guano jelly and outhouse featuring plain guano. Paul, Doug and I made circumferential tour of entire island (about 9 mi.) banding and counting nestlings and nests as usual. Large nos. of tropicbirds (nestlings) were under rocks along the W beach and crest. Birds in general had decreased greatly from last ATF trip (March), apparently due to cat preda- tion. Island very dry, nos. of cats down also, plants down. Fred and Dick went cat hunting all afternoon and were only able to exterminate 12. The entomolo- gists saw 8 and we saw 3. They are very strong and fast, capable of killing frigate birds and running the length of the island. The entire E and N shores of the island were shadowed by a band of hovering sooty terns perhaps 100 yds wide on the average. At one point of the Central N section a large flock had settled to the ground but all took off when approached. They are apparently beginning their nesting cycle but may be unbandable during our stay. Red-footed boobies were nesting in two places: near camp and near the lighthouse. Almost all the birds on the island were in these two places. Both greater and lesser frigates were roosting in small numbers near camp. Few other birds were seen, except for brown boobies which roosted (only 3 nests found) on the middle W shore. Paul and I saw two fairy terns. Items of special interest: 1) Paul saw Sanderling; doug saw golden plover 2) I saw probable Howland bird (worn red paint) 3) I saw mouse; Fred caught one 4) I found one blue-faced booby incubating from eggs; one red-foot sitting on empty nest with four eggs and one shell scattered around it. Upon returning to camp observed 5 major booby clubs forming. One near camp, one at the opposite extreme of the island, the other three in the middle. Sooty terns still in the air. 16 November Party rolled out after midnight to work during the darkest possible hours - moonset was at about 3:30. Some of us worked boobies, which were quite jumpy.