Hachman, C.P. 1965 Journal 110 March 14 Mota Lalo, Christmas Island Since it was low tide and there wasn't any need to hurry over to Mota Talo we all slept late this morning. Finally got up at 0900 and broke camp. The trip to Mota Talo was, as usual, a rough one directly into the wind and the waves. It took 1 1/2 hours to make the trip and we all got soaked because of two-foot waves being generated by the storm winds. The vegetation on all of these small islands has been lush and green with most species in full flower. Recent rainfall here, apparently, been good. The coconut palms, however, are brown and unhealthy in appearance suggesting that over a long period of time that the total rainfall hasn't been sufficient. Coconuts that we broke open contained very little milk for their size. Tonight we'll have a full moon for the entire night so aside from the observations and pictures, we'll just be able to bird a few sides and sides as we did on Cook Island. Phoenix Island Petrels are everywhere on this island. Martins are rare, just about every bird. With this population it shouldn't be too difficult to band over 100 tonight in spite of the nearly full moon. Christmas Islands are very scarce except on the east end of Mota Talo so we probably won't band more than 100 or so. Tonight we took out of number 4 banders [illegible] I tried the number 5 size on the Phoenix Islands and found that it slid off the foot with ease. The number 3 ring gave most of the Phoenix Islands very nicely if it was put on carefully. All the ones I tried spun freely on the turners and should not effect the bird.