SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Phoenix Island - Progress Report The party landed here the afternoon of the 3rd and left at 6 AM on the 6th. We worked a harder and longer schedule since we were leaving for Samoa on the 6th and would have several days to rest up. Late rising and reduced brightness made banding easier than on McKean. Birds: 25 species were recorded of which 17 were nesting Banding: 5772 individuals of 12 species were banded. Wedge-tailed Shearwater Christmas Island Shearwater adult 178 nestling 21 Audubon's Shearwater 500 Masked Booby adult 715 immature 59 nestling 131 Brown Booby Red-footed Booby adult 22 immature 1 nestling 1 Great Frigate adult 3 nestling 104 Lesser Frigate nestling 1800 Red-tailed Tropic Bird nestling 1 Sooty Tern adult 500 nestling 400 Common Noddy adult 83 Blue-gray Noddy adult 358 Collecting: 5 individuals of 2 species were collected. Christmas Is. Shearwater 4 Phoenix Is. Petrel 1