King, Warren B. 1963 Midway Island 5 New bands 737-48501 to 48600. All banded in Sand Is. study area of Smithsonian~ Went out 1945 to look for Bonin Is. Petrels in area of beach behind O. Club. Saw numerous Petrels--sitting on ground--digging burrows and sitting at mouth of burrow inside--10:00 was height of activity with many birds sailing overhead calling. Birds were timid and flushed easily. 200+ Bonin Island Petrels 100 + Fairy Terns--very numerous in Casurina trees near BOQ--as many as 10 in a tree--each tree with at least 2 26 December 0830 at overrun area. Much work going on in area. Trucks, men and bulldozers. 1 Green-winged Teal 2 unidentified mottled ducks 3 pintails 15+ Sanderlings 2 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers 4 Wandering Tattlers 25+ Ruddy Turnstones 50+ Golden Plover 2 Canaries heard Thousands of Laysan Albatross hundreds of Black-footed Albatross 50+ Fairy Terns 50+ Hawaiian Noddies