76 21 Nov. (cont.) At 1028 an unmarked Blue-faced Booby was seen flying over NAF, where it circled once, flew over SAF and circled twice, then to NAF, circled once before flying N. over scavy along east beach toward N. point. Is this new bird trying to get into one of the colonies. What is his status? I hope that we can follow several of these new birds as they try to get into a colony. We have marked one such - El, found in NAF. Did Wedge-tail G and D, 2 more young have gone, leaving only 4 birds. On 18 Nov., only two of the birds had the musty smell - No. 18 and 47 - the two birds that were gone today. What is the function of t is scent? What does it communicate to the adults, if anything? Sun. 22 Nov. Shorebird count in the noon time period, Bob walked the beaches, I did the interior. We had 85 shorebirds in the interior; 78 in the beaches. Totals were: Beach Interior R.T. 47 29 G.P. 22 56 Bristle-thighed 3 There were 17 seals on the beach. This P.M. Bob and I went banding Red-foots and Frigates in the central roost. In order to understand local island movement, all handled big birds are being painted according to thier roosting area when caught. This has been done with the totgal pop. of Blue-faced Boobies - SAF birds are painted red, NAF birds - green. All centrla roost birds are being paited red on the breast and head, north roost birds will be made green. We can only paint thebreasts of ? Frigates, the Breast and head of imm. Frigates, nothing on ad. ♂ Frigs. Red-foots can be easily painted if adult birds. We banded 6 Frigates, 21 Red-foots; recovered 8 Red-foots, and painted all red.