13 Sept. 1963 landing went to Kuro. Wind arrived at Midway. 3 Bonins Banded (753-32004 to 32006). 14 Sept. 1963 Collected 2 immature Red-tailed Tropicbirds, one Sanderling, one Bristle- thighed Curlew, 2 hours mica. One band recovery on a Red-tailed Tropicbird. Banded 5 Fairy Terns (642-00004 to 00008). Banded 42 immature Red-tailed Tropicbirds (605-12374 to 12400 and 12486 to 12500). Banded 2 adult Red-tailed Tropicbirds (605-12464 and 12465). Also imm Tropicbirds (605-12464 to 12485). 15 Sept. 1963 Banded 93 Bonin Island Petrels (753-32007 to 32100), also Fairy Terns and a few Bonins with #2 bands (642-00009 to 00046). fourteen band recoveries on Bonins. Two wedge-tailed Banded. 16 Sept. 1963 Banded 200 Bonin Island Petrels (753-32101 to 32300). Finished string of 21s on Fairy Terns (642-00047 to 00108). Banded 10 more wedge-tailed. (numbers for this species for 15th & 16th are 605-12501 to 12512). 17 Sept. 1963 Collected one solitary sandpiper, one turnstone, 2 Golden Plovers, and a pair of teal on the runway extension. Heavy rain in evening 18 Sept. 1963 Went to Eastern in AM. Collected a pair of Xmas Island shearwaters, one tattler, one Bristle-thighed curlew, one sooty tern, one turnstone and 2 black rats. Banded 200 more Bonins this night (753-32301 to 32500). 19 Sept. 1963 All gear packed and loaded to go to Kuro. Flight canceled. No collecting or banding. 20 Sept. 1963 Arrived Kuro 0800. Walked around beach from 1330 to 1700. Common noddy abundant, Red-tailed tropicbird abundant, many chicks present, Prigatobirds abundant, several hundred golden plovers on Green I., 4 Bristle-thighed curlews, several wandering tattlers, 3 Fairy terns, muddy turnstone common, Red-footed, masked and Brown booby common, sooty terns flying over, station personnel said they rested at end of the runway. We saw a steel gray tern with a black cap; too far for identification. Wedge-tails and Bonins common after dark, also a few Xmas I. shearwaters. 26 seals on Green I., all adults; at least 20 on Sand I. Shot 24 rats near the dump tonight, probably R. exulans, very abundant on whole island.