Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 17 We were up by 6:15 A.M. and stirred about gathering up our gear; George collected the rat traps which contained one Rattus exulans; we loaded the boat, shook hands and were on our way amid many "Tiakabo's" by 6:35; we had hoped to get down to the southern end of the atoll this morning to survey the birds that we were told were nesting there - they indicated that they all nested in trees and from the description we concluded that they were Hawaiian Noddies; the tide was too low to go anywhere in the lagoon except straight out toward the ship, which we did; about a quarter mile from shore Binion shot a Black-naped Tern (included in the total of yesterday); we covered the distance was little trouble outside of a loose gas line, and arrived at the ship at 8:05; George had left earlier with the island dignitaries in their large outrigger - they went through the south passage while we went over the reef and arrived only minutes behind them; their canoe was the largest we had seen to date and carried twenty men at a time. George told me later that the crew was composed of prisoners of the village who had been convicted of over indulgence in sour toddy and fighting - the island sentences for this crime run from 1 to 3 months and the sentence is served as follows: they serve their time in a local prison and work for the community during their sentence - they spend six nights a week in prison, go home Saturday noon and return Sunday evening - manning the outrigger was part of their community work; we had break- fast on board, the visitors were shown around the ship and then the anchor was pulled at 9:00 and the natives returned to their outrigger; as we rounded the southern tip of the atoll on our way to Kuria Atoll, George and I watched from the flying bridge for birds over the island, (over)