July 15, 1963 
This morning I checked on the marled Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
burrows . Three out of the 8 active nests were without bires. The 
eggs were cold. Three of the birds already banded were present and 
two new ones were banded. Two nesting Frigate birds were banded and 
one more Xmas I. Shearwater was found and banded. 
During the late m rning 1 obtained ectoparastites from a Sooty 
Tern adult: ( Mallophaga, nosal chiggers, and feather-mites ) . Also 
a Frigate bird with a broken wing was processed but only a few 
Mallophaga were found. Mo mites of any kind were found. The Berlese 
sample was also processed. A large number of Aconidae were found. 
Again Cheylatida were present. 
After dusk 1 waded ones to the islet (low tide) and banded 9 Frigate 
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birds and an immature Masked Booby. I returned back to the mainland 
and during the night (until 11:15) banded 42 Frigatebirds ( 1 32 , 
9 imm. ) and seven Red-footed Boobies (6 irrsa. and 10 adult). 
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A common Noddy ne >t sample l r as pi ced in tV\e Berlese funnel during 
the late afternoon aiso. 
Ken Wilz banded 200, adult Sooty Terns after dark. Ke both 
finished our respective banding at about the sometime. 
July 16, 1963 
Wrote field notes this morning. Checked Frigate nests again 
and finished numbering all nests. Banded 2 more adult Brown Boobies. 
Immature Red-footed boobies noted sitting by nests of adults on eggs. 
Could these be last years young? Processed Common Noddy nest from 
