Johnston, D. W. 1964 6 14 Apr Wake Island Brown Booby nests, but it was still too early and most of the adults wouldn't permit capture. Did catch 3 more however. One of these was the d mate to a ? caught last night. She was lying beside the nest dead--a badly injured forehead--while the d incubated the single egg. Between 8 and 12 we banded 1500 more Sooty Terns in the Kuku Pt. colony. This area was completely denuded of all vegetation but the grass and forbs are gradually getting underway in secondary succession. (This would be a fascinating study all by itself.) The Sooty Terns select for their nesting areas the bare, sandy areas between plants. Occasionally there was a nest in or under a large grass clump. Tonight the nests seemed to be closer together, but this may be just imagination. On one occasion I noted 2 nests so close together that the tail feathers of incubating parents touched. Again, I saw only one 2 egg clutch. We caught 14 birds which had been banded on Wake last June and July. 15 Apr Weather is rather monotonous here. There is a constant E or SE trade wind, partly cloudy skies, and and temp. in the 70's. Occasionally there is a light, brief rain shower, but , so far, we've been inside during most of these. Last night it did rain lightly on us while we were banding, but it was of little consequence. Early this morning (6:30) we got up somewhat wearily, soreand bruised from last night, and drove out to the Flipper Point ternery. On some of the projections, floats, etc. out in the water were at least 9 Great Frigate- birds of both sexes and a few noddies. Near the old seaplane ramp Bob spotted a single Noddy nest about 20 ft. up in a tree-heliotrope. One adult was standing in the nest which was composed of a fairly loose mass