Ely, Charles A. 1964 2 buried and with parts missing, yet I still saw four bands. Why couldn't Fish and Wildlife have taken the time to collect bands when killing the birds? Band numbers follow: 737-47584 667-44076 667-19196 667-19194 I made no attempt to determine species. Wedge-tailed Shearwater - Dr. Fisher told me very emphatically that Wedge-tails were finished nesting and had all left (July - August nesting season) and that there weren't any on the island. I found the first five (still with down on head on head, nape and neck) under Scaevola near the north beach. Did not see a burrow. The next bird was an adult (dead several days) on the concrete under the antenna field (no band). In a bunker under Scaevola and between the antenna field and the East side of the island were five young of different ages - the largest apparently ready to leave, the smallest almost completely down covered. A half-feather young was under plywood nearby and an older young under Scaevola on top of the bunker. Scattered about in the same area under Scaevola and in good burrows were six others which I handled - all unbanded. There was considerable evidence, on the East and South parts of the island, of considerable burrowing? With the tunnels covered in. Whether this was done this year I don't know. Having found so many birds I discontinued looking but recorded several in the weedy area in the central part of the island and several under Scaevola on the south part. Most of the these were found while handling young tropicbirds. I handled 17 young birds plus the dead adult.