C. G. Laran Statical, Sand Island, Johnston Island Atoll 
of them. These appear to be cwly one or two days old. They are 
light gray above and almost white underneath. Their bill is dark 
gray with a white "tooth" on the upper beak. 
Their feet are flesh colored with a dark tinge down the outside 
like the adults. 
Tonight we took blood sample® fro® ten Frigates. Hot enough 
Red-footed Boobies are present on land to take samples. Two 
hundred Sooty Tarns were banded before retiring far the night. 
August 14, 1 963 
Chief Gragosian froa ETC arrived today on the M. ¥. i4ATS 
flight. He trough sooe supplies with hiza for collecting some of the 
items he is to take back. These itiaes are, in order of precedence: 
200 Live Shearwaters 
111 Her * s Sera 
100 Bird Sera ( Shearwater ) 
100 Bird Spleen (Shearwater) 
Ectoparasites (Ticks) 
100 Mouse Sera 
100 Mouse Spleen 
He brought no orders frcsa MATS Headquarters • Scott AFB to 
carry the live birds back. He had also gotten various people 
involved at Pearl Harbor, etc., concerning permits for carrying live 
birds, etc., through Customs. It sees® that Sudduth had told him 
to check on this before coming here. Messages were sent concerning 
both of these items . 
The shipping bases did not com in an the H. W. flight but did 
arrive later in the day on a 0124. 
