of subjects on the island. After this I killed an adult Sooty Tern 
which had a broken wing and went over it for ectoparasites. I found 
a large infestation of chiggers in the nasal cavity. These I photographed 
with black and white using ay bellows. 
After dark Ken vised the last 100 # 3 band3 on iasaatures Sooty 
Terns. I again waded over to the islet and banded Frigates. Not 
as many were present as before. I was, however, able to band 19 on the 
island before stopping. I also banded one immature Red-footed Booby 
and Brown Booty. After Ken finished the Sooty terns, we banded 100 
>«' edge- tailed Shearwater. Before turning in I checked the narked Shear- 
water burrows and recorded the activity. A note on the Christinas X. 
Shearwaters: Both adults are with the chicks at night. Ken has seen 
the adults come in during the day, undoubtably to feed the nestling 
as they leave again quickly. 
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July 19, 1963 
Processed Berlese Funnel samp i e of the Xmas I. Shearwater, re- 
placed it with a sand sample from the North beach (near water’s edge) 
to see if anything is present. Looked over adult Sooty Tern for 
ectoparasites. Nothing on the top of the head. Nasal cavity again 
full of chiggers which are attached. An entire side of the nasal cavity 
was preserved in alcolhol to show their attachment. Several bands from 
dead immature Sooty Terns were recovered. These birds were run over 
or died from broken wings. 
Ken observed the Frigates both during the morning and after- 
noon and also recorded nesting data from the Red-footed and tyown Boobies 
