Lehner, P. 1904 72 Oct. 22 up at 7:05 ; Binion, George, Hen and Larry were to go onto Taka to collect plants, insects and birds; Roger and I were to do likewise on Boken and Eluk; Roger and I set out for Boken (with Capt. Krull and Chief Daly) at 8:10 ; we arrived at 8:45 ; Roger collected a Green Turtle Shell and Hermit Crabs while I collected 3 Black-naped Terns and one Fairy Tern; we left Boken and went to Eluk at 9:25, the distance between the islands being very short we arrived in less than ten minutes ; Roger began processing birds while I went off to collect Common and Hawaiian Noddies ; my shooting was poor and I ran out of shells after collecting (2 common Noddies and 2 Hawaiian Noddies) only 4 birds ; while collecting I watched three Red-tailed Tropicbirds overhead in their noisy, acrobatic mating flights ( the first time I have witnessed it) ; at 11:00 I returned to the ship for more shells, leaving Roger behind to work on the cataloging - Capt. Krull and Chief Daly returned with me ; I got shells, had lunch and returned to Eluk with Roger's lunch, at 12:10 arriving there with the wind at my back at 12:30 ; we proceeded to collect 5 more Hawaiian Noddies ; when we returned to where (over)