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ik Dec (cont.) Kittivakes, two in adult plumage, one 
in imm. plumage, and also saw another gull, either a 
herring or Western Gull in Imm. plumage. Checked the 
aysans ani Blackfeet. The gull skinned out. Try that 
gain - The gull was skinned out. The ram continued 
(in into the night* Coldo 
25 Ded. Christmas. We rest, read, and generally relax 
4ll day, only checking the goonies. A new storm is 
upon us - rain less today. 
26 Dec Shore-bird and seal census, Iaysan and Black- 
loot nest checks. The Blue-faced Boobies ly Sen 
' riore active now, and sky-pointing is a =ommo> nly sc-n 
Lent, whereas it was never seen in November. Mated aa 
Weil L unmated birds sky-point, and the functions are^ 
fcauLSflTel dXL™™/ to the J 
|leared 3 platform, m «he -eas nested birds sky-point to any b. 
bird flying over the colony to attract them. If 
bird flies over, as many as 6 or_7 
:.t as it circles overhead* n • 
h Deo. We bagan blood work today and have worked out a 
reasonable system, carrying enough f J f 
birds The work is oomplioated by the fact we are also 
sra sS*- i 
almost dead, one being able to look down into the insertio. 
Af the humorous w f loU^cted b^od from the 
smagrenous and smells badly* * later auto- 
Hok bird and collected it as a specimen for later auto 
PSy ifter dayk we walked to south point and there caught 
a fflaucus-winged Gull, got a Mckbee «rd °n hxm^ 
Aolleoted reams of lice from the head just behind tne y 
And kept him overnight. He regurgitaed a rat mtlt 
ab, and remains of another were b “ le J :'°J'. ° otner 3 
and very light, having come in with the othaj 
eak ana ve y & , 5 Glaucus-winged Gulls 
fter the big storm, lnere are y skinned), and 
ow on the island (one was collected and skxnneaj. 
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