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During the afternoon Fred banded Red-footed Boobies (50) and 
Laysan Albatorss chicles (2*4-3) . I banded one hundred Black-footed 
Albatross chicks and collected insects and ectoparasites . Most of the 
larger birds appear to harbor Hippoboscidae. Many were collected from 
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Red -footed Boobies, Laysan and Black-footed Albatross. Many sharks 
were seen off the north beach. Before supper an enormous shark 
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swarm close into share. He latched onto a line baited for him but 
even though the line was large, he quickly broke it. After supper we 
rested by writing up field notes. Fred banded Boobies and Frigate birds 
after dark. I banded fifty Common Noddies on the west end after dark. 
The colony became scared and %/ere soon hard to catch. Fred said that 
the turtles were laying eggs on the South beach . Actually the eggs 
sites - were above the’ l sand"beach and pp on the level grassy area. They 
had to climb up a bank to get to this area, 
dime 8, 1963 - French Frigate Shoals 
Awoke this morning at 5 a. a. to find it was beginning to rain. 
We hurriedly put everything in the rubber bags. Very heavy rains failed 
to materialize but a small shower did occur. May be this was enough to 
shrink our new tents. Fred began to band the Black-footed Albatross chicks 
and I once again collected insects (flies, spiders, earwigs, and crickets). 
I also made some poloroid pictures of various thing on the islands. 
At approximately 9 a.m. the whaleboat arrived with Capt. Gandy and 
Mr. Browne (the exec.). After a short tour of the island, they returned 
to the ship. At noon (after eating) we left in the boat for Bare 
