toerson, B 
1963 
C.G. LQRAH Station, Sand. I., Johnston I. Atoll 
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I had originally thought it mis a Xmas Is. since it lied black legs and 
feet. Ihe chick is about half grown but has not feathered out at all. 
Willie looking in an old bunker 2 more Xmas Island Shearwaters were dis- 
covered one of which had a band (5 1 ^*-1050l). The band was on very 
tight ©rid so overlapped that a small pair of pliers had to be 
used to loosen it before the number could be completely read . 
I spoke to Lt. Hayes concerning the wooden stakes and he said be 
would be glad to have then made. I sot up ay microscope in the piraip 
house on a work bench and proceeded to check the Mas hub cuius for 
ectoparasites » I found Lnelaptidai, 14yobli&ae and Ityocoptidee species 
present on almost all specimens examined (6). I finished this 
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shortly after lunch. Chief Bar is brou$it me a stool so I would have 
a high chair to sit on while working. I also saw the Berlese litter 
sample fra?, the Sooty Tern Colony and obtained many things. Among them 
were tenebr ioni&a , various insect larva. Ants, a spider "saw-bugs", 
and many mites; Qribatoides, Leelapti&ae, Acaridae, Cheyletidae , 
Tydidae. While doing this Troplcbirds were heard outside and 3 mere adult 
werebbanded and masked with red paint. One of these ms the parent 
of one of the nestlings. Cue of the crew told us of another T-Mrd 
nesting under an old pier on the east end so during midafternoon we 
found one on a l/4 grown chicks and another just sitting (no egg). 
Both adults were banded. Ken end I waded out to a spit of lh>.d and 
