Bratley, D.A. 1965 Sand Island, Johnston Atoll (Notes) Fe. 6. 22 (cont.) pi3 5 returns made, no bird escaped. After banding the net was folded up + everything brought back to the pump house. Tomorrow however the net will have to be stretched out on the tennis court to repair the hole + also clean all of the Tropibirds twigs out which has caused many entanglements in the net. Altogether 5½ hrs were spent tonight to band only 15 birds. The breakdown: setting up net + cans 2.5 hrs. waiting for bird to settle 2.0 hrs. banding + disassembling net 1.0 hr. total 5.5 hrs. Feb. 23 Sand Is. — it took us 2½ hrs during late morning + after dinner to clean the canoe net of all twigs + other matted it picked up in the shot last night. Rest of day spent following our routine procedure. Feb 25 Sand Island — all dead birds were picked on the island today to make ready for the mortality study to begin tomorrow. Red-Tailed Tropicbird — a tropibird laid an egg in the bunker today. This is nest #2 for the island this year. The band number was 565-12025. The first nest is under a 'Mesquite' tree at the beginning of the caneway. It has a young bird.