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Amerman, Ken neth 
November 11- -Cleaned up the lab in a mad rush about 9 a.m. since a plans 
was due a d it was suspected jthe Western Area team might be on it (on 
day earlj). We finished with only seconds to spare, Just in time to 
see the plane turn back to Midway, unable to land because of trouble with 
the landing gear. A few moments of tense drama on an island paradise. 
November 12— Inspection team arrived about 1000, left about 1530. They 
seemed rather concerned about the rats, more than anything. 
Jim i-rent back on the plane to have his head and thumb looked at. 
He rather inglorious ly smashed into a shutter chasing ratsj this didn't 
satisfy his masochistic impulses so he sliced his thumb with a scalpel. 
We gave him enough errands to run to keep him from getting too drunk. 
Spotted a small teal in the puddle by the fuel tanks and tried to 
take it whole without success, couldn't spot it again. 
B a nded one Golden Plover from net, four Bonin Petrels. 
November 15 — Bill and I banded albatross all day on the north half of 
the island, concentrating on the Laysans in the rat study area and antenna 
fields. We got about 150 new birds. Locations were noted in the study 
area. 
Many of the La yea ns were sitting on apparent nests and were slow to 
get off. Many are making the "talking to chick" noises, even those not 
on or near apparent nests. We saw one pair copulating in the field behind 
the volley ball court in the afternoon. 
Found an unhanded brown booby sitting on two eggs in an old road in 
the northwest sector of the island. 
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