Lehner, P. 1964 6 July 24 Woodward came in and woke me about 8 A.M. - raining again as it has for last two days - went to Dr. Ely's to stuff birds but decided it was too wet to work on birds - decided to try some offshore banding - looked for George Alawahimi to get a boat to take us - no luck; we had no choice but to use the rubber raft and so decided to try Black Island off southern coast; went to Ala Moana Shopping Center for lunch and a few odds & ends - then to hotel for field clothes; went to Dr. Ely's for raft and equipment about 2:00 P.M. - got raft pumped at a "filling station" and finally reached launching site (in front of Sea Life Park) about 3 P.M.; the 4 of us (Ken Amerman, Cameron Hepler, Paul Woodward and myself) set out for Black Island in heavy surf about 3:15 - we took on a helluva lot of water in getting out of the surf and then it was paddling against the current almost all the way - it took about H/S min to cover the 3/4 mile distance - we anchored about 50 yards offshore in an area that looked (at the time) to be the best spot to get in - with mask and snorkel Cam surveyed the route in - he told us there were