Johnston, D. W. 1964 16 17 Apr Wake Island if the "winter" types don't constitute a subadult bird. In the afternoon despite the intermittent shower activity we went back to Kuku Pt. to look for the tropicbirds. Returning to the same clump of Tournefortia trees we found 2 Red-tailed Tropicbirds under the one tree. One bird was sitting far back under the tree on a single egg which was almost red-brown with dark brown blotches. This adult, as well as the other adult and its chic--some 6 feet away under the same tree--all these 3 were banded by Bob. The chick was all white and had a black bill. All these three birds gave menacing, raucous cries as they were being caught, and the adults tried to jab fiercely with their bills. We noted that the adults' feet were black and their tarso-metatarsi were gray. It is possible that this is the first recorded breeding of this species on Wake Is. About 20 ft. in front of the nest containing the egg was a dead tropicbird of this species. We suspect a cat had killed it. It was nearly completely skeletonized, but was too much broken up to save. Rain continued, occasionally heavily, through the evening. 18 Apr There was heavy rain and wind all night long, and threatening rain in the morning. #1840 Pluvialis dominica ♂ testis 5 mm. Breeding plumage 192.1 g. Wing 165 mm. Sparse body molt. Fattest plover I've seen yet gray-brown white lateral rectrices