Amsrson. B. 
1965 
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starting it. We had to anchor and they worked for 15 minutes to 
repd$i\ it . We got back about 12 : 50 . Ticks were also picked up 
on Trig as were also many insects. 
During the afternoon at Whale-Skate I took some color photos 
of Frigatebirds and also seme poloroid 3 hots. Fred set up a mist 
net for Noddies and a few were caught but due to the winds, it 
didn't work so good. Fred and I both took a nap during the afternoon. 
At dusk clouds again appeared to the N. E. and light rain fell 
before dark. It soon cleared off though for a nice night. I 
began banding Caramon Noddies and finished a string of bands 
started earlier. I then began a short unfinished string on the 
Grey-backed Terns. This proved to be quite a job as they flew 
when approached and with our nets broken it took about 2 l/2 hours 
and a lot of walking to do about thirty bands. During one of 
ray rounds of the beaches I came across one of the female turtles 
digging a hole to lay eggs. She was about half through when I 
began my watch (10 p.m. ). The hole was about 1 foot swuare and 
widened at the bottom. It was dug with the hind flippers (one at 
a time) with the foot going down without touching the sides. 
The underside of the flipper was brought toward the center of the 
hole and the tip curved. This portion scooped up a small amount of 
sand and then dumped it to the rear of the hole. The final 
depth appeared to be about 1 l/S feet deep or just as deep as the 
flipper would go. The egg Laying then began and I began counting. 
