Clapp, Roger 1964 Fairy Tern are relatively sparse. One was seen incubating an egg in a tree. It flew only reluctantly. Fair numbers of brown boobies are present and are breeding (primarily on the rocky causways.). Most pairs have small to medium young although nests with eggs and very Large young (really immatures with only tufts of down) were seen. It rains almost constantly which hampers my banding considerably. My glasses fog up so badly I cannot see the birds at more than a few feet. Because of this I inadvertently stepped on several Sooty Tern nestling but they were not injured. A surprising number of nestlings seen to suffer from wing deformities five to seven seen. Although this is certainly subjective it more seems injured than in other nestling groups I have banded. Geckos of at least two species are reasonably common and may be readily obtained from the inside of windows of the many houses. The island also has a population of toads which may be most readily seen and captured in the rain on the airstrip. Rats also occur (one collected). Much land surface in the open is covered by a rather revolting algae? which looks rather like rotten brussel sprouts. Fish fauna is varied and abundant. Several triggerfish I had not seen before; puffers are very common, and so are two other sp. (black fin and compressed blue) which I do not know.