R. Clapp 
19 64 
Nov. 1 - Kwadjalein Atoll. 
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Spent the morning skinning birds with Larry 
in the lab. Both Sooty Terns skinned were very 
fat. Huber collected more fish for the turtles. 
In the afternoon we • all (with. the. exception 
of Ken Amerman and George Wislocki) went over 
to Carlson Island to poison fish. While the 
rest went out to the edge of the reef with 
the rubber raft, I scouted the lagoon shore of 
the island while the , entomologist , Dave perkins 
collected insects. , , . 
I collected a fair series of hermit crabs. 
There seemed to be three varieties (or age groups) 
commonly found) One, rathers, large, hairy, and 
red appears to be the same form that is found 
in the Phoenix Islands. Another, smaller is red 
and white but may be a young form of the red 
hermit crab. Another small form appeared to be 
gray or brown all over. Three examples of a 
fourth variety were seen. These are generally 
larger than the red hermit crabs, are a dull 
purplish in color, and are considerably less 
hairy. In addition their largest claw seems 
more well developed than is true of the red form. 
This species is considerably moire active than 
the red form and it may be for this reason than 
their shells seem to be in poorer condition. When 
handled, unlike the red form, they struggle actively 
and vigorously to get. away and retreat but 
seldom into their shells (all of which appeared 
to lQe Turbo ) In addition , they seem to prefer 
heavier cover, all those examples seen having been 
seen either under shady coconuts, or in the 
dense foliage of the beach morning glory. 
As a whole Turbo shells seem relatively scarce 
around this island. N ereis ? or related shells 
are frequently utilized, and augurs or mitres 
scombrids ? sp ? and numberous other forms are 
utilized as well. 
While traversing the interior of the island 
I saw two rats, but they were not clearly 
enough seen so that I could be sure of the 
specific identification. Probabl y exulans 
One was missing a tail. 
