R.S. Corsin 1965 Journal Lanai 14 July Lanai arrived 1120 - landing quite smooth, but had hard squalls all the way in. Island pretty well covered with brush up to 10 ft high - peculiar [pettibald flower with all 5 petals lying on one side - ] Several ironwood trees in clump about the island. this tree is very similar in leaf to turner's. 2 coconut palms toward center of island. Within the ironwood trees along the SW shore there were about 10 pair of Fairy terns with varying sized downy white ducks - few dark marks on head. Also in the ironwood trees about 20 pair of Hawaiian Terns with nearly grown young final nest. of twigs and grasses. The island is honeycombed with wedge tailed slim water lourous - all appear to have incubated egg. Layman Albatrosses - all nearly grown young. Black footed Albatrosses - same. Large triangle lined colony varying sized young up to near adults. Some Red footed Baby, still in Nests, Most Blue faced Booby spray large & Running. R.S. Corsin 1965 Journal Lanai 14 July (cont.) Lanai Red tailed Tropicbird on incubating egg and with varying sized young. The nest is a scooped out depression in the sand under the dense shrubs. Many Terns on eggs, but chicks eggs to adults are everywhere. The Terns use both the ground and abandoned booby nests in to low shrubs. Bustill - Hughes Curlews - about 30 adult birds. Ruddy Turnstone - 200 - 300 adults. Black Turnstones - 1 Collected Terns in the afternoon. Lanai 15 July Banded all night in the Sooty tern colony. Work was interrupted both by a full Moon when it was clear and hard showers every so often. Started raining very steadily in the morning and bounced up the banding of Boobies, and young Albatrosses. The albatrosses are nearly ready to fly and practice at fanning there during a good drill. As the morning went on showers became more frequent and heavy and the wind picked up considerably. By 11:30 the