Johnston, D. W. 1964 24 22 Apr Wake Island out to sea. About 4 p.m. a Pan Am Boeing 707 on landing here took a Sooty Tern into one of its engines. Fortunately the engine "went out" after the plane was on the ground. Estimated damage was $300,000. Engine was replaced here, requiring some 7-8 hours delay. #1849. Sterna fuscata. sex? juv. Found dead in colony. downy chick. #1850. Sterna fuscated downy chick. Found dead in colony. Went out to Flipper Pt. colony this morning about 9. Weather was overcast, but moderately strong wind. First, we banded chicks in one part of the colony where they were just hatching. Adults guarding and brooding chicks were aggressive--would readily peck hands and attack with wings spread. This was also true of many adults sitting on eggs, and we presumed that their eggs were ready to hatch. Saw some eggs just pipped. Also the usual 20-30 fledglings (near adult proportions but practically solid black in color) moving about and occasionally flying in colony. Then we set about counting eggs by using rectangular (100' X 10') transect string. This was marked off at 10' intervals, so that each transect yielded 10 100 s. ft. quadrats. Quadrat (100'X10') #1 31.6 neats/ #2 #3 100 ft² 16.9 26.6 x = 25 neats/100 ft² 23 Apr This afternoon there were evidently only 8 Golden Plovers and 1 Tattler on the island! At least these are the totals that Bob obtained along the airstrip and on the lagoon sandflats. Note sharp reduction in numbers from yesterday. #1851. Fluvielis dominica. d testis 4 mm. Breeding plumage. A little molt. 146.3 g. Wing 171 mm.