Ruptor 43. 12 Aug (cont.) 1 Delmer's chick. We were too gapped for bloodwork that night, what with spinning down 70 blood samples. Rain most of day. 13 Aug. 1964 - we rather lost this day - the census on Johnston today, the afternoon from chow to 1600. There is very little in the way of birds out down, only 12 Fairy Terns or 30 adult red-tailed tropic- birds were spotted. The tropic-bird nests, scattered about only where there was thick vegetation, contained 3 eggs, 6 chicks, ~4 juveniles. After a fluke, we took blood from 194 Sooties - 47 samples. That leaves only 40 samples to our Sooties are done - it is a good thing as most of the pop. has left. 26 Aug 1964 Today saw an unusual shore bird for here - a Sandpiper. I only. 27 Aug 1964 Johnston Is. - 1 White-tailed Tropic bird found, flying over PX.