R.S. Crossin 1966 SIC 11 Experienced no great difficulty coming in or out of the lagoon. Very few Sooty Terns were encountered on NW side of island - a scattered few flying high over head. Max encountered one swirl and collected 3 - one of which possessed a broad patch and so nesting may soon commence. The following estimates are concerned with my portion of the survey (NW side within the lagoon: White-tailed Tropicbird - only one individual with an exceptionally long tail was seen flying over the coconut palm grove surrounding the village. Brown Booby - scattered individuals were seen over the lagoon and taking off from the small islets along NW shore. Estimated 150 birds seen, mostly adults. Frigate birds - Frigatebirds were abundant over the lagoon, and perched on the taller vegetation along the islets - appeared to be Greaters although no ad. σ were seen so species must be regarded as belonging to either Lesser or Greater. Estimated 200 seen. Golden Plover - three individuals were seen along the lagoon shore. Ruddy Turnstone - one individual was seen at the cove on the N landing area and one other along the lagoon shore on NW side. Wandering Tattler - one was collected at the cove on N landing channel and approximately 10 more were seen, mostly single bires, along NW lagoon shore. Bristle-thighed Curlew - one individual was sighted flying over the lagoon near the village on W tip. Sooty Terns - estimated 200 individuals were observed flying, usually in small groups, over lagoon on NW area. Gray-backed Tern - abundant on NW side, numbers seen continuously over lagoon and NW islets. A colony of roughly 1000 birds flew up from the 3 small islet W of landing channel. A stop was made, but no evidence of nesting was present. Smaller group of up to 100 flew up from other islets toward village. Estimated 2000 birds were scattered over NW portion of island. Common Noddy Tern - small numbers of birds were seen rising from every islet from N landing area up to the dence coconut palms area near village. An estimated 500 birds were seen along this NW shore of the lagoon and out over the lagoon. Hawaiian Noddy Tern - an estimated 50 birds were seen along the NW islet, but larger numbers were observed leaving the island during early morning. Fairy Tern - scattered individuals were seen all along NW side (flying), but numbers were greatest in the coconut palms grove about the village, where the birds were noted alighting in the palms. Estimated 150 birds seen - mostly about the village. Crested Tern - Two were seen over the open ocean before passing into the lagoon and 5 were noted on a sand bar on the NW lagoon shore. Hawaiian Noddy Tern - an estimated 50 birds were seen along the NW islets, but larger numbers were observed leaving the island during early morning. New Zealand Cuckoo - one collected by Max near the lagoon side of village as it progressed through the coconut palms. February 13 - 4-27S-172-14W - 3-48S; 171-42W At 1630 one of the oilers cut his finger off in the compressor belt and ship changed course from en route to Phoenix instead to Canton Island. Arrived Canton ca. 0100. Canton Island February 14 Took Jeff back onto Canton at 0300 to be shipped off to Honolulu as his throat is no better and he is quite concerned. Came back to ship after seeing Jeff aboard an Air Force Rescue Plane. Appeared to be about 2000+ Gray-backed Terns on the small island E of the channel, 25+ Hawaiian Noddies seen flying