Lehner P. 1904 70 Oct. 20 avifauna is conspicuous by its lack of Boobies, Shearwaters and Frigates; the following are my estimates: Fairy Terns 2000, Sooty Terns 50,000, Common Noddies 300, Hawaiian Noddies 400, Ruddy Turnstone 200, Golden Plover 40, Wandering Tattler 2, Bristle-thighed Curlew 3, Crested Tern 8, Red-tailed Tropicbird 5, Brown Boobie 2, Black-naped Tern 12; wandered about the island most of the day - found a trail running east-west across the center of the island - it runs past a depression which appears to be #1 of the wells described by Fosburg; George and I collected Fairy Terns (4) and saw a small Sandpiper which I fired four shots at but could not bring down; as darkness closed in and rain threatened from the south we sat in the raft waiting for Huber who finally returned with a Golden Plover in breeding plumage he had collected; we left the island at 6:30 and made the ship by 6:40; my Nikonos camera went on the blink; we saw 3 or 4 natives in a sailboat come to the atoll from the direction of Uterik; they turned south at Taka Is. and proceeded around the atoll and entered the passageway; they sailed by about 100 feet off the bow at 7:35 but didn't stop at the ship; they landed at Taka where we had been; we could see their campfire all night.