During the late afternoon (at supper) one of the Coast Guards- 
men told me he had found a Red-tailed Tro icbird with a broken wing 
on the causeway. I found the bird and saw that its wing was in very 
bad condition. I killed it for obtaining ectopar , sites. The skin 
was no good for a study skin because of the mangled wing. 
Ectoparasites obtained were: feather mites from head and wing area, 
and chiggers from the nasal cavity. These chiggers were attached to 
the skin inside the cavity. 
After dark we banded 100 shearwaters (Wedge- tailed) and 100 
adult Sooty Terns. Upon checking the marked Wedge tail nests the 
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same adults were on the eg s. Some were outside the burrows. The 
paint showed up well end if the birds were facing the right direction 
we didn't have to bother them. 
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During the afternoon a message was received from the S.I. telling 
me that 2 more S.I. personnel would be joining us July 21st for 
2 weeks and would be bringing necessary bands with them. 
This morning I wrote a long letter to Karyanna concerning the 
arrival of the two S.I. personnel. I also discussed the security 
clearance problem which is still bcthmng certain people. The A.E.C. 
wants U3 to mt badges (photos, etc.) but this will not be clearance 
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which has to bs authorized from higher levels. I also discussed the 
problem of space here at Sand I. 
During the morning I processed the mouse nest placed in the 
Berlese funnel yesterday. Very little was found. During the early 
part; of the afternoon I tried to find some Christmas Island She rwaters 
to band but the only one I could find was the nestling. I also banded 
one Wedge-tailed Shearwater which had been found in one of th 
