113. 15 Feb (cont.) Bob and I got all the necessary equip- ment out to restake the beaches, and then the plane bearing Alan arrived, so, after fond farewells to Paul Daly, the three of us set off and restaked from the dock to N. pt., checking Laysans and Black-feet as we went. We are painting all those birds found along that stretch of beach blue - Dr. Fisher is not using any color code on the breast of his birds, so our code is OK to use. The avoidance of confusion and misunderstanding such occurred last year is much to be desired. Also, by informing Fisher of our schema, he can look for our marked birds on Midway - he has already sighted one of them. Communication with him seems firmly established now - I hope we do not run into trouble again. Checked the Laysans as usual, As far none of the study chicks have been destroyed, but we did find four dead young in their nests. Rats had gotten threee of these, the fourth has been saved and will be skinned. At 1100 we walked through NAF and noticed R4 standing on a platform. At 1600 she was on an egg, so we have laying time down to within a few hours on her. That makes 7 study nests in the NAF to date. Blue-faced booby behavior after chow. Another Mus musculus was caught today - that brings this periods total to 5. It willbe made into a round skine. Seal 371 and pup doing fine, same position on beach - at K44. 16 Feb. A large part of the day was spent typ ing up the report. However, Laysans and Blue-faced Boobies were checked - two more booby nests this period, inc. one that had two eggs, one of which was soft and broken. It appears that the two were laid in quick succession, one of them not hard enough to endure the weight of the incubating ?; perhaps it broke as it was laid. Bob and Alan finished staking the beach - SW beach is now all done, and the island is once again ringed with red stakes. I tagged the seal pup 372 today, no problem with it - it seems healthy and is attended voraciously by the mother. Blue-faced Booby behavior after chow, then after the lousy flick we get returns and band in central roof