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17 Jan ( cont.) had helped us with many projects. 
18 Jan. Hon. I am afraid I have my first cold since 
last March - it has llowed me down, so I work insided 
on some paperwork, sleep part of the afternoon. No 
energy to do much of anything. 
19 Jan. Now Dennis also has a cold, we are a sorry pair o; 
bird men. Anyway, Dennis works on Skins, I try to get 
196^ banding figured out - what a mess. There are mis- 
takes throughout the progress reports that have been Esaas,: 
bandied through from July 15, an error of a mere 2,000 
bands. Checked Lay sans today - very little other 
fieldwark. The invalids remain inside. 
20 Jan. Dennis collected a Herring Gull today, an imm. 
bird just molting over into adult plumaged. This is the 
first for the season here, although 3 were collected here 
last winter - these are vegae, the Siberia^ race of 
. argentatus . Finally got out to dxH Blue-face d behavior, 
the cold slowed me down abit. The north roost was check- 
ed for nests or eggs of Frigates or RFB, none found. 
Dennis poked about there. The RFB's on Midway are now 
nesting - Jim Priest counted 20 eggs there last week. 
In the NAF the first BLu9-faced Booby egg has appeared. 
frfry It is the pair that had been interacting with R27S 
28, but is unmarked, I will mark them soon, as I think tl 
the male of the pair has another female aside from the 
one with the egg. 
21 Jqn. The activity study all day again - I took the 
morning count, Dennis remained until sunset. Most of 
the RFB went norhh, with the wind which was from the 
SW, then headed west from Norht point. Few came back 
during light times, but those that; did came mainly 
from the MExidac north. 
Booby behavior at night, 02 finally got a female to 
come over to him, but she left to go to the male of the 
pair with the egg. 01 has a female now - she was on his 
platform sleeping when I left the area. He did not have 
one yesterday. Something may very well go on at sea. 
Temperature makes news here - a new low record for 
Kure - 39 degrees. This beats the old mark by 11 degrees. 
I wouldn't believe it if both our thermometer and 
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