kehner P. 1769 155 Nov. 15 - continued 2 the at sea watch; at 3:00 Binion and I took the watch until 6:00 when it was secured; we encountered a lot of rain and reasonably enough numerous storm petrels; about 4:00 P.M. an immature Brown Booby flew back and forth around the ship and then sat down on the bow flagstaff platform - Binion climbed the flagstaff and made a grab for him but could not quite reach him - he remained there until another immature Brown Booby flew by about 15 minutes later; he then arose and flew off with the passerby - I refer to "it" as a "he" not because I knew the sex of the individual, but because only a "he" would leave the comfort of a free ride to chase after another individual; rain squalls were frequent all evening. Mahin Atoll proved to be the most pleasant all around community we visited; it lacked in avifauna only because it did not lack in people; because of the large size of the atoll and the lethargy of our transportation we could not get to some of the islands that would have more complete in bird life; if I was to give advice to future visitors in the South Pacific Islands on one piece of equipment that would win them (over)