no M ov (cont. ) I banded 9 Red-footed Boobies and 
i.ov, ^coa».y Wnr-ber 7B bands are mucn to 
2 Gr. Frigates after darx. iw,ocr /ao flattened 
large for both specie . ^ ^ IlknQe „ and against the 
£ j the bird rather than staying on the tarsus. 
'?£n? t tSr| t?/e Snd could possibly slip down over 
the An°interesting recovery ? an Imm. Bbigate ^ 
717-45489 was banded as an imm. lj mo nths g " 
l^Tis lt least 2 years old and still in i«. pls»ge. . 
Five other recoveries tis'centime to warder about the 
. &ry youug -“8-^rbland Petrel activity is not 
island - tf alrnght These birds are tost difficult 
as pronoundetA oonight. fluctuate drastically 
to understand, as local populations fauotuat 
from night to night - one night tj® e a»ear to 
to 1,000 birds in the ^y t ^%^."b^ows 
CeVeSf d*ugf but hi eggs are in evidence-and apparent* 
^fp2i s, o dq nnti-i- us.n® 
, . T i,i ogno I found a Black Gooney siotin^ on . “; n 
14 Ko fJT °i we have found this year. We checked 
JgJ nrf SSSd out 5 study nests of t he Blaok-«oot. 
Four of the bird had eggs.-^The nron (s es ^ j J*_ a * 
e(r2 a n her oviduct which could be clear ay xe^o by ^usiixng 
i£ the abdominal region. All other pairs were s«ed oy 
checking the cloaca - those females jus. ^1^1* 
gcr.-r had distended and inflammea cloacae, and fluids we 
dripping^ from the opening. The males were not distended 
and whiter in color ? and lacked -he a-xua-. _ 
Paul and the skipper joined us in ^ 
afternoon, and 5 new seals were oagged 16 sealsjere 
found on the beach. On uhe nor oh erd °f ^ o 
a Laysan and Black-foot were seen sitting and bill g 
one another. ‘ Jr , j^v^+ViqVIV 
v^Tter supper we made a booby census, and in the 1..A.F. 
wo found 111 Id. and 22 yng. ELus-lW Bootes; 33 
ad. and yng. Browns. Thero were 15 Ad. Blue-iaced . 
and 10 yng. in the South A. 7. ? oruy 6 aa. and J 
imS 55 ^d^Blue -faced Boobies were marked for indivi- 
dual recognition, the breast and head being painted 
■in a manner diagramed on overpage. A maximum ox aour . . 
