Ely, Charles A. 1964 5 Fairy Tern - an occasional bird was seen over the island. I can't understand why they don't nest on the south end of the island where there are many casuarines. Perhaps the layer trees on Sand Island are just too favorable and absorb the entire population. Golden Flover - Common in all parts of the island. I saw no flocks but sometimes several birds would be fairly close. On the runways and in the open grassy areas they were usually quite widely spaced and some agnostic behavior was noted. Very noisy, especially in flight. Noted even in the thick weedy area, under Scaevola and Casuarines. Ruddy Turnstones - usually in small flocks of three or four to about ten birds. Observed both along the beach where plovers were rarely seen and in the vegetated areas. Even flushed from thick Scaevola and Casuarina. Most of the singles in vegetation would jump up like woodcock, call and dart away. They should make excellent snap shooting. Most typically small flocks were seen among the plover and albatross in more open areas. All birds seen were flushed but none had painted rumps. Wandering Tattler - I never saw more than one bird at a time but suspect that there were several on the island. Most often seen along the beach but several times flushed from the open areas inland from the beach, Snow Bunting - Flushed a bird from weeds at edge of beach to the open beach itself where the bird remained for a minute or so. I had a very good look at close range and there is no question of identity (brown and white pattern, perched - white in wing and tail in flight). I flushed the bird ahead of me three times while walking north along