Lehrer, P. 1945 Feb. 12 - continued the Sooties came in noticeably from the SW today and seemed to funnel over the islet; those that continued on to the island proper appeared to seperate again into flocks of a couple hundred birds, swoop and circle around as a fairly compact unit and then move among the thousands of Sooties amassed near, on and above the highest point and the NE slopes there was individual movement between smaller flocks, but not marked; 1845: I would say that there were no less than 150,000 Sooties on or over the island; there were perhaps 10,000 sitting on the island. Today we learned from Chief Rossi of Mr. Bushman's plan to build a house on the island - needless to say, this was met with mixed feelings throughout.