R. Clapp 1963 Dec. 3. Midway Island, Pacific Ocean. Arrived midway 1600. Met Jim and got established in BOQ. Walked around and looked at local fauna. Laysan albatross everywhere; Black-Feet toward beach. Many rock-loves and canaries obvious by song in Casuarina around buildings. Golden plower and ruddy turnstone present and very tame. Fairy tern and noddies in Casuarina Jim further briefed me on Midway-Kure- Walked around and watched albatrosses. Jim says Fisher has worked 6 years on breeding biology_ etc. and has a grad.-student getting PhD on behaviour. Black-foot on other hand has hardly been studied and it is here we should concentrate albatross efforts. Bill clapping of Laysan is arrhythmic when disturbed, higher pitched than that of deeper- billed black-foot. Triangular plot by BOQ had 47 albatross 29 occupied nests; one empty nest at 4:30 At 5:30 - 56 birds on area. (Laysan) Egg displaced to rim of nest was approached and set upon; accidentally being shifted toward center of nest. Bird made no retrieving motions with bill. Of 54 sleeping birds 31 slept with head under right wing; 23 with head under left. No population significance? Perhaps should be checked on an individual basis.