Ely, Charles A. 1964 FIELD NOTES November 7 - Midway Islands, Eastern Island Went to Eastern on 930 shuttle, returned on 1420 shuttle. Spent first 20 - 30 minutes with Dr. Fisher and assistant watching them record Laysan data. Then spent remainder of time covering approximately two-thirds of the island. Coverage was concentrated along the beaches and the Scaevola thickets within several hundred feet of beach. Visited all parts of the island except the restricted area on the Southeast end. Black-footed Albatross--Present in good numbers and scattered throughout the entire island including the more open areas in the interior. Some were under scaevola or casuarina; even a few in the weedy areas. No eggs were seen but some birds especially on the south end had scrapes, often with green Scaevola leaves inside. Many birds stood their ground when approached but responded with much bill clucking. Call notes included whistles and donkey-like brays. Some dancing was seen. Birds were more concentrated than the Laysans. One bird with green paint on forehead and base of bill was captured - 737-76915. Laysan Albatross - few seen, mostly scattered among Black-feets. Seemed to be more common in open areas yet some were seen under Scaevola and some in thick weedy areas. Dr. Fisher confirmed that birds are just beginning to come in - the rate is increasing daily. No attempt was made to capture numbers of albatrosses since both Fisher's group and Chan's group will be working the same area. I did make a superficial check of the old carcasses on the west beach probably washed up from the slaughter of last year. Most of the birds were half