Lohner, P. 1969 50 Oct. 16 - continued Boobies (according to our banding sample, 1/4 are dark phase and about 1 out of 15 are phoenix phase); Masked Boobies are nesting in the southern open area and on the southeast and northeast shore (one nest on the southeast shore had a chick and an egg); the Frigatebirds are not in this atoll in the large numbers which we found at Taongi - neither is there the extensive mating although I have seen a very few gular sacs expanded and heard one mating call; there are 2-3,000 Sooty Terns nesting on an islet to the northeast of Jaboerukku-tō; Ken and Roger waded over and reported about 100 chicks less than 2 weeks old; Binion and George found a White-tailed Tropicbird nest in the dense growth in the interior of the island about 6 ft. off the ground; at 4:45 we returned to camp - the afternoon remained beautiful, for a change, and we had a visible sunset at 6:15; at 7:30 we set out banding Boobies using the massacre method of long poles, nets and great manpower - they could be knocked from trees, or knocked to the ground while in flight, and then netted and banded; we put a red paint spot on the breast of the banded birds; on this island we banded [over]