"Hudsons, B.D. 1965 February 1 Journal Howard Island In the air over the colony, at the present time, are between 8-12,000 immature and adult Lesser Frigatebirds. The big surprise this trip is the Sooty Tern population. On the southeastern shore, in the general vicinity of colonies on previous visits, is a two stage stage colony. On the northern edge of this colony are several scattered groups with nearly fledged young; these are the remnants of the colony that was present during the October 1964 visit. Along the edge of the nearly fledged groups is a new colony with birds on eggs. A new Sooty Tern colony is located along the beach crest on the seaward (west) shore running from Stove Town to a point 200 feet south of the Amelia Earhart Light house. The colony extends from from the edge of the Leptanias on the beach inland for about 250 yards. A few Gray-backed Tern nests were found along the edges of this colony in the sparsely vegetated portions of the beach. This is the first time this species has nested at this location in our experience. Approximately 10,000 Sooty Terns and 60 Gray-backed Terns are in the lighthouse colony. Brown Booby nests were, as usual, found almost exclusively on the beach crest on the southwest end of the island. The two exceptions were nests found on the beach crest on the southeast shore. Brown Booby nest totals: 17 nests with eggs, 16 nests with young (6 of which were long enough to band). This strikes me as being quite an increase for this species on previous trips.