31 Oct.Cont. the Frigate will pull through. This A.m. went to Sand Island, counted 35 seals, got tag numbers from 5 and tagged one new one - an ugly old timer with shedding skin who was so tired that he let us handle him without much struggle. Bob and I set up a study area for Bonins, but that night only 5 were found in the 100' x 100' plot. These birds were painte red on the breast. Seals were found at 1600 - number 176 or north point and 208 in consort with an old bull. 2 Nov. Several seals spotted on the beach, three of which were banded. An imm. Frigate was seen chasing an imm. Blue-faced Booby, forcing it into the water. Twice the bird got up, each time to be forced into the water again. No food was regurgitated for the Frigate. Found 1 Sooty Storm Petrel! 3 Nov. This P.M we check Black-footed Albatross bands, painting the birds that we check. Of 50 birds catch, 2 lacked bands. A group of 24 were found at the beach just north of the dump. 4 Nov. Last night one of the Goonies barfed up what looked like roe from squid. This A.M. a Ruddy Turnstone was seen eating this barf. At 1100 about 400 Frigates lifted from the central roost and flew south-east. A huge cloud hung on the horizon, and the Frigates flew in front of the moving cloud. At about 1115 close to 1000 birds were in front of the cloud, the storm hitting at 1120. In an hour we got .80" of rain. The Frigates drifted back singly or in small groups throughout the afternoon. 5 Nov. Activity count all day. I had the early morning and late evening counts. In the P.M our first Laysan Albatross arrived, 737-90718. After the count we went out banding, and got 58 Bonins, and 105 Wedge-tails, most of which were immature birds. There was one Dark Phase in the group. Bob found two more Sooty Storm Petrels, digging under the Solanum. Apparently they prefer vine-like vegetation to dig under. Bill saw them on Laysan in Solanum.