lehner, P. 1964 64 Sept. 18 ep at 6:30 A.M. to begin guywire census; to 350 mm and camera along and took pictures of Wedgetails and Shorebirds; Wedgetail chicks are wandering about in early daylight hours; all still completely in down; adult wedgetails are still moulting possibly indicating more breeding; Cam caught a strange Petrel today which landed at "the other end" on Sand; we cannot identify it; it has pink legs - the distal 2/3 of feet are black; tail, head, throat, upperparts are black-brown, lower breast, abdomen and under tail coverts are white; measurements are as follows: total length 13 3/4 in., tarsus 2 5/16 in. wng 11 in., tail 5 1/8 in., bill 1 1/8 in., wt. 280g. we put him in the albino Sooty Tern cage; the mice are showing an increase in the prevalence of mange (over 10%); today was the Western Area Inspection - Thurman was nervous as a prostitute in church; all went well - the enlisted men were all in white uniforms - Cam and I had nothing on but shorts and shower shoes; they left about 6:45 P.M.; Wally left with them.