Johns t on , jl 
1964 
2' : Apr Wake Island 
out to sra. About 4 p .®. a Am Boeing 7 7 on landing here took a 
s f er the plana was on the ground. Fst line ted damage was $700,000. Ingine 
was replaced here, requiring some 7-p ho* rs delay. 
^1849. h t erne fuscata . sex? t 1u^. Found dead in colony, downy chick. 
#1850. S t or nr f v» s c a t ad* downy chick. ound dead in colony. 
Went out to Flipper Pt. colony this rrorning about 9. leather was overcast, 
but moderately ttrong wind. First, we banded chicks in one part of the colony 
where they were just hatching. Adults guarding and brooding chicks were 
egress ive— would readily reck hands end attack with wines spread. This 
was also true of many adults it tine on eggs , and we preseumed that their 
eggs were reedy to he tch. Saw some eggs just pinned . Iso thcusual 20-30 
fledglings (near adult proportions but practically solid black in color) moving 
about and occasionally flying in colony. Then we set about counting eggs 
by using rectangular (100 1 X 10* ) transect string. This was marked off 
at 1G 1 intervals, <• o that each transect yielded 10 100 s . ft. quadrants. 
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23 Apr This afternoon there were evidently only 8 olden lovers and 1 T ttler on 
airstrip and on the lagoon san&flat 
Mote sham reduction in numbers 
from yesterday 
146.3 g. Wing 171 mm. 
