July 12, 1963 
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This morning I painted identification numbers on 10 wooden 
stakes to maKe Wedge-tailed Shearwaters burrows. While these were 
drying I obtained the fauna from a led- tailed Tropic bird nest which 
had been in the Berlese Funnel overnigh t . Ken Wilz checked the Fri- 
gate and Booby nests and made observations on then during the morning. 
When the paint dried on the stakes, 1 proceeded to make 10 Wedge-tailed 
Shearwaters burrows and banded the birds in them. One burrow appear- 
ed to be just started but no adult was with it. I also worked an 
egg on top of the ground, but no adult with it. The other eight 
burrows had 1 egg a piece. The birds were cslso sprayed with red 
paint at their breast feather. 
An adult Sooty Tern with a broken wing was killed and inspected 
for ectoparasites. Kallophaga (with eggs on feathers) and feather 
mites were obtained. Upon opening the nasal cavity, a large number 
of attached chiggers wer- discovered. No nasal mites were found, 
however. Thi3 was not finished until after l&nch. 
During the early afternoon Ken checked the boobies again .nd I 
cheeked the boobies again and 1 checked the Shearwater nests. Son® 
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ox the adults which left the burrows after being banded had still not 
io turned at 2 pan. I also banded 2 more Ted— tailed Tropicbirds . One 
of these grabbed my thumb as I threw it into the air and consequently 
cut 2 gashes in the thumb. A mouse nest w s obtained nd placed in 
the Berlese Funnel. 
