R. Clapp - 1964 Jaluit Atoll - Nov. 11, 1964 that he was less than 20 feet from a New Zealand Cuckoo. Which as the bird flew then into the bush ahead of me it proved to be. I called Phil from duck hunting, and tried to show him where the bird was perched. Disgusted nodoubt with my tremors, he handed me the gun, I took aim, sighting carefully, and shot--- and missed. And the duck flew away. Some days are like this. This idland if anything, had fewer birds than Jaluit. A few Fairy Terns, a few Common Noddies, small numbers of Golden Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, and Wandering Tattler were seen as well as a few Reef Heron. We recircled through the area in which the New Zealand cuckoo had been seen but had not a bit of luck. (Perkins on the other hand got a beautiful Aesnmid on Jaluit, and his first aphis lion of the trip of Elizabeth. So we returned to the ship, I prepared the birds with Phil's help, and Phil and Dave went to the luau on the beach while I finished up taking care of the birds. While on Jaluit I got a number of Marshallese names for the local birds. These are as follows. Golden Plover -- Koloej Fairy Tern -- Mej Mejo Common Noddy -- Bejwak Hawaiian Noddy - Jkar Brown Booby -- Kalo This later term was taken when I discovered that a single immature Brown Booby was being kept as a pet by our guide. He had brought some 20 ? of them from ? but the others had died. This bird was raised from a nestling, and while his diet apparently is still largely supplied by his Marshallese keeper, is also capable of fishing for himself.