James P. Ludwig 1963 43 forty with bare hands and stealth. Got six more returns for a total of 11 to date on this species. A listing of the returns with status follows: No. 623-45182 skinned September 7, 1963 No. 643-48706 skinned September 6, 1963 No. 643-48715 skinned September 7, 1963 No. 643-49098 skinned September 7, 1963 No. 643-74306 skinned September 6, 1963 No. 643-48355 trapped and released September 8, 1963 643-48811 trapped and released September 8, 1963 643-49083 trapped and released September 8, 1963 643-49086 trapped and released September 8, 1963 643-74306 trapped and released September 7, 1963 643-74309 trapped and released September 8, 1963 These crazy Petrels have territory at night. They fight when they come together and chase intruding Shearwaters away with their terrible moaning call (they remind me of trumpeting Herring Bulls after a successful territorial dispute.) They walk around in the grass groaning loudly, and will approach one another and fight. The victor groans the looser squeals, flies off and later settles on a new spot. These birds dig some also, although some just sit in the grass. Midway Island, September 9 Spent most of the morning doing odds and ends and making skeletons of a Fairy Tern and Tropicbird caught late last night after chasing the Shearwaters. Tropicbirds again absent until 0930 when they begin to appear over the island. Peak of their activity at 1300 today. Many adults on the ground sitting with chicks by 1500. However, most must return to sea as last evening I found only one adult with a very small chick at 2400 while locating 23 chicks beneath the brush. Most chicks are at the feathering-out stage of their development. No eggs or new chicks of any species yet found here. Got five letters in the mail and sat down to glut my scenses on news from home. Here endeth chapter one of the Epistle of Ludwig.