Xmas Island Misserschmidtia trees. I swam out to a small island in the lagoon where frigate were seen. Perhaps 50 birds with large, young were scattered about the island, but all adults flew off when I started into the small island. A few Noddies at Blue Gray Noddies trees roosting. About 4 or 5 Phoenix Island Petrels were seen under small bushes for sign of nesting. Petrel was calling in their strophos- type twitter. Party returned at 0430 30th. Xmas Island Party of Cronin, Woodward, Kepler, Marx, Harrington, Ammerman went out with land rover to survey "Blue Gray" and "Little Blue Gray" islands on sail, 1st & 2nd Xmas. "Blue Gray" was covered with about foot high to two feet high glass (leptinus) and Portulaca. About 10 pair of Blue-gray Noddies, 10 pair Common Noddies and ca 100 White-flanked Storm Petrels in some stage of nesting. (Common Noddies with 7/4 incubated eggs, Blue gray with fresh to incubated eggs) WTS P with fresh eggs, many settling on dry roots. I returned on WTS P, 12 banded. 30 October R S Groves Journal 1965 Xmas Island. Party of Fleet Cruising, Hrastal, Kepler, Harrington and Marx went out to Xmas Island about 7:00 p.m. for banding and blood collecting. ca. 60 Blood samples, 3 Phoenix Island Christmas Le Shewater Takers. Ca. 650 bands put on P.I.P., C.I.S., and WTS P. 4 Phoenix Island Petrels taken for skins. Met P.I.P. and C.I.S. just beginning to nest, a few birds with eggs. Wedgetails (all dark phase) with large chicks. Few frigates up?, Red-foot Borhes and Noddies roosting in the Misserschmidtia. Noddies and Fairy Terns, roosting in the palms. 3°40'N; 157°34'W Left the island ca. 0830. Left Christmas Island 0500. Started at-sea observations, at 0833. Large number of species (15) due to the proximity of land (breeding area), but few flocks. Scotty Terns were the most abundant species (89). An abundance of Red-foot Borhes (31), one collected by Capt. Vauld from the radar antennae. 2nd Day out of Christmas Island R 5°44'N; 157°32'W — 7°35'N; 157°22'W 55 Total birds 234 — practically all night sightings — total sightings 173. 63 Black-winged Petrels — apparently