Lehner, P. 1964 Nov. 19 Arose at 7:30 A.M. for breakfast and outrigger watching; at 8:00 Binion and Dave went ashore for insect nets and last minute thanks for hospitality shown us; they returned about 10:00, we got the last of the natives off the ship, secured the loose piles of junk around the lab and were underway for Arunuka at 10:15; Arunuka Atoll was an alternated on the itinerary, but the captain consented to taking us there since it was only seven miles from Kuria Atoll; as soon as we pulled away from Kuria, Binion and I took an at sea watch but saw very little; we dropped anchor at Arunuka Atoll at 11:20 - we were now only about 10 miles from the equator; if we had had more time and the crew had not been quite as anxious with our earlier delays, I am sure they would have gone on across the equator in order to mop the deck with us in the usual equator crossing ceremony; we had chow aboard ship and at 12:25 took the raft in to shore and the main village via the west passage; the reef was very wide and we had to dodge coral heads for a half mile; a Black-naped Tern was collected on our way in - he was sitting on a stick marker above a coral head; at 1:25 we arrived on the island and found the local dignitaries waiting for us in "white" shirts and dark ties; Binion explained our visit to the Magistrate, Chief of Police and Wireless operator; he got consent to collect birds on the island, so George and Larry headed south with one gun and a multitude of native children; Dave went about sweeping the area for insects, Ray looked around the village, and Binion and I went to sign the register and then continue north on the island to collect birds; (over)