Ludwig, James P. 1963 47 nearly dried up. There were at least twenty-five ducks there, five Mottled Ducks ("Scamp-like"), six Pintails, one ? Mallard ?, three Green-winged Teal (small, but N. Am.) and five of the Green-winged Teal which are very small (Formosan?), and one Gadwall ?. Many Sanderling, Plover Turnstones; estimate twenty-five Tattlers, sixty Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, and saw two Bristle-thighed Curlews. Caught by hand one of the "Mottled Ducks" and skinned it in the evening. Then wrote letters home. December 3--Up very early to go with Dr. Fisher to Eastern Island to compare notes and visit his study plot. After a long talk with Fisher and careful perusal of Eastern and a letter from Chan Robbins concerning his study plots on Eastern, I have decided to mark out two areas for our group to concentrate on, one on Eastern, one on Midway: These areas will occupy between four thousand and six thousand Albatross nests and will give us ample to do. According to Robbins scheme, these areas will be on Eastern I and J on his map. On Sand the area will be between Splintewille, the lagoon, fuel farm and "O" club. I expect to use up our supply of bands in these areas. In the P.M. I met R. Clapp at the terminal and took him around to meet the various naval officers with whom we deal. While on Eastern in the a. m. I collected a strange Black-foot adult ♂; very light bird showing signs of 1) hate moult, and 2) possible albinism hybridism. The bird was in an area where Laysan nests were in interspersed to Black-foot nests: The bird acted and sounded like a Black-foot. On examination I found it to be moulting heavily. In the evening I skinned and salted it.