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December ?— Slept In for once. Miserable weather spoiled the scheduled 
luau. It was held anyway, inside, and was still most pleasant and tasty. 
Roger banded thirty-six albatross along west beach North of dock 
while I worked on records , etc. Eighteen recoveries. 
December 8 — Nasty weather continuing. Drenching showers and high winds 
all through day. Banded eighty-five albatross, with twenty-four new 
recoveries . 
D ecember 9 — Banded albatross all day in southern half of island — 231 
Laysans, 21 Black-foots. Thirteen Black-foot recoveries, twenty-nine 
Laysans . 
Bonded Bonin Petrels in the evening, in and around shearwater 
Area A (north antenna field). Noticed about ten to twenty more Masked- 
boobies which we missed on Daceufoer 6. Also, there were several unbanded 
Brown Boobies along the edge of the Scaevola and in a broad road or cut 
heading toward the west beach. 
Two Red-tailed Tropicbirds observed flying around in the afternoon. 
December 10- -Spent the morning nailing the roof more firmly in place with 
eight to ten 2 by h foots. T^had torn loose a little on Sunday with 
winds of only twenty to thirty knots: they reach 50 to 60 in winter. 
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Attesspted to raise the north observation tower back in. place without 
success, then tried' to complete mapping vegetation plot fo. 3* Rain 
prevented our finishing the last five foot square . 
Pain at nignt also prevented further banding and recovery efforts 
on boobies and Bonin Petrels. 
