Lehner P. 1467 860 135 Nov. 12 - continued 2 2:00 P.M. all of our party including Chris and Dave headed for Butaritari in one raft; with the wind only slight we arrived at Butaritari at 2:30 and were greeted by hoards of people; one official looking native stepped forward and exchanged broken English with us; Birion explained our mission and received permission to carry it out; we left George, Larry, Dave and Chris at Butaritari and headed for Kotabu Is. at 2:45; part way there we discovered that we did not have shells for the 12 guage gun and had to return to the ship before proceeding; we discovered this lack in our supplies by trying to shoot a Crested Tern in the lagoon without ammunition; 300 yards off Kotabu Is. we entered a flock of feeding Noddies and Crested Terns and collected 3 Crested Terns; we beached the raft at 3:50 and exchanged hellos with two natives who were there collecting hermit crabs for fish bait; Birion, Roger and I collected birds, Birion taking blood samples from wounded birds; Ken collected plants; Kotabu is a small island and is easily surveyed - it is about 200 yards in diameter but has high vegetation - this is utilized by Honanau Noddies who have built about 1800 nests on the island; we collected 3 Fairy Terns, 3 Reef Herons (over)