R.D. Kirkpatrick 1965 Journal McKean Island, mid-Pacific Feb: The sea was quite rough as we sighted 6 this island at approx 9 AM but we were able to land without incident. The island is covered with thousands of birds. Species seen during our survey of the island included Sooty Terns, Gray- backed Terns, Great Frigatebirds, Lesser Frigatebirds, Common Noddys, Blue-Gray Noddys, Blue-faced Boobys, Red-Footed Boobys, Brown Boobys, Red-tailed Tropic- birds, Audubon Shearwaters, Fairy Terns, Hawaiian Noddys. All are nesting or having. Hackman and I collected ectoparasites and ticks in the P.M. After dark I banded Sooty Terns until 12:30 A.M. then took pictures of Blue-gray Noddys and Audubon Shearwaters before showing Paul Woodward where a few Hawaiian Noddys were for him to band. Our tents and cots were crawling with thousands of ticks. We kept waking to pick them off. Feb: I caught 50 Sooty Terns for Hackman to 7 check wing molt on then I collected 3 Sun. feces funnel samples from a Brown Booby nest, an Audubon Shearwater nest, a Hawaiian Noddy nest.