Johnston, D. W. 1964 23 21 Apr Wake Island Collected 2 Common Noddies from old building wall on Peale Island where this species was constructing nests--about 5 of them--on the leeward side of old steel beam. #1845. Anous stolidus. ? incubation patch, 1 collapsed follicle. Heart wt. 2.05 g. Wt. 230.6 g. A little fat. The other Nody, a ?, prepared by Bob weighed 199.2 g. Ht. wt. 2.15 g. #1846. Pluvialis dominica. ? testis 4 mm. About 1/3 breeding plumage. Heavy molt. 132.1 g. Wing 159 mm. #1847. Pluvialis dominica. ? testis 4 mm. Almost breeding plumage. Molt moderate. 148.7 g. Wing 160 mm. Tail not bilateral in its color pattern. #1848. Pluvialis dominica ? follicles 1 mm. With #1847. Nearly winter- type plumage, with ca. 12 black pots on abdomen and breast. 122.5 g. Heavy molt. Wing 165 mm. Tail like #1846. S side aistriop. This afternoon it appeared to us that there were more Golden Plovers on the island than were present yesterday. For example, as opposed to yesterday, today there were (a) about 20 scattered along the edge of the airstrip, (b) a flock of 9 on the airstrip, and (c) 73 scattered out on the sand flats of the lagoon at high tide. Could it be that we are having a rather constant turn-over of migrants; that is, migrants arriving and leaving perhaps daily? Also on the lagoon sand flats were 2 Turnstones and 4 Tattlers. On the brackish water pond were 2 plovers and a turnstone in breeding plumage. The Golden Plovers today appeared to be about 1/3 in breeding plumage, 1/4 in essentially winter-type plumage, and 1/4 changing. Near the control tower we saw 2 Fairy Terns flying high, then drifting