Johnston, D. W. 1964 12 16 Apr Wake Island displacement action. ♀ has bluish tinge to bill, ? paler green. Came back to Sooty Tern colony and picked up 64 dead ones on the road--hit by cars. They are loather to move from their stance when cars come along. (Illustration II, previous page.) Came back to tree heliotropes containing Red-footed Booby (3-4?) nests; some had young--large gray- brown. One adult had white head with bluish cast to bill, pink forehead and base of lower mandible. Frigatebirds appeared to be mostly ♂♂ with red gular pouches inflated, but there were also ?♀ and im. On immature had a white chest but red gular pouch. Drove back along airstrip trying to get Golden Flowers but they were extremely shy. Got only 2. Although there were good numbers present, even small groups of 7, 16, 9 and 9 on the runway, we wonder if these birds haven't come in since day before yesterday because at that time there were very few out on the lagoon flats. This afternoon there must have been 50 or more including a Dunlin and some more Tattlers. #1837. Pluvialis dominica ♂ testis 3 mm. About 3/4 breeding plumage; still some white areas on abdomen. Heavy molt. Wing 163. 152.8 g. #1836. Pluvialis dominica ♀♀ greater than 1 mm. Essentially winter type plumage with ca. 8 spots on chest and abdomen. Wing 163 mm. Heavy body molt. 125.1 g. Both birds appear to have much fat in and associated with abdomen. Notes taken from F. R. Fosberg's "Vegetation and flora of Wake Island". Most of the stoll is covered with an open scrub forest, mainly of Turne fortia argentea. Soils are generally coral gravel or rubble or of coral sand with slight, scattered traces of humus. Vegetation affected