R.D. Kirkpatrick 1965 Stemo fuscaia Cinderby Island, Phoenix Islands, Pacific Feb. 5:30 to 9PM. Sooty teras were banded 13 by all six of us working in a nesting colony just north of the guano pile on the west side of the island. The colony contained many eggs, many hatching eggs and young up to the age ½ grown. Hermit crabs are very abundant in and around the tern colony. Many of the crabs stay, during the day, in burrows in the guano pile. While we were in the colony I observed 2 crabs eating the contents of an egg, 1 crab " " " " " " , and 1 to 3 crabs at various locations eating living or freshly killed (by the crabs) chicks. Our disturbance of the colony may (or may not) have caused the adults to leave the eggs and chicks unprotected while the crabs preyed on them. Feb. 5PM to 6PM. Five of us netted and banded 16 birds in the two colonies SE of the house (as we had done the evening of Feb. 15). The birds were very jumpy and difficult to net. Continued disturbance