Hackerew, C.P. 1965 March 12 Journal Mota Uva, Christmas Island 106 Arrived off of London at 0800 and dropped the anchor shortly afterward. Max, Paul and Al Samuelson loaded their gear into the motor whaleboat and headed for the main landing. The rest of us loaded our gear into the rubber raft and headed for Mota Uva, arriving there at 11:30am. We ate lunch and then conducted an island survey. Very few Red-tailed Tropicbirds were present. Phoenix Island Petrels were flying over the island in large numbers in the middle part of the day - estimated 2000. Christmas Blakes not common in the interior of the island during the day - fairly common around the edges. At 1600 we began blood sampling, doing Phoenix Island and Christmas Blanks. Obtaining 30 samples for each again took until 1900 mainly because the Christmas blanks weren't very abundant. Stopped and turned to boarding at 1900. We plan to obtain additional samples on both Cook Island and Mota To'olm. Boarding went well but though some were still stiff and tired from yesterday's long boat trek around Jennie. On the way into the lagoon channel we encountered a group of approximately 400 of the small dolphin species. This same species was present here last March, but was not seen in June or in November. This dolphin is very small (4-5 feet), silvery in coloration and very acrobatic in behavior. They are always encountered in the shallows over the breakers between Cook Island and the London boat landing. They repeatedly leap out of the water and survive several times before falling back in. They also dive another out of the water entire that occurs with regularity. This is a rather stiff,