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15 Feb (cont.) Bob and I got all the necessary equip- 
ment out to restake the beaches, and then the plane 
bearing Alan arrived, so, after fond farewells to raul 
Daly the three of us set off and restaked from tne doc* 
to n! pt., checking Liysans and Black-feet as we went. 
We are painting all those birds found along that slretoh 
of beach blue - Dr. Fisher is not using any color code 
on the breast of his birds, so our code is OK to use. 
The avoidance of confusion and misunderstanding such 
occurred last year is much to be desired. ^ Also, by 
informing Fisher of our schema, he can look for our 
marked birds on Midway - he has already sighted one of 
them. Communication with him seems firmly established 
now - I hope we do not run into trouble again. 
Checked the Laysans as usual, Otf far none of the 
study chicks have been destroyed, out wd did find four 
dead young in their nests. Rats had gotten threes of_ 
these, the fourth has been saved and will oe skinned. 
At 1100 we walked through NAF and noticed R4 standing 
on a platform. At 1600 she was on an egg, so we nave 
laying time down to within a few hours on her. That makes 
7 study nests in the NAF to date. 
Blue-faced booby behavior after chow. 
Another Mus ruusculus was caught today - tnat brings 
this periods” total to'!. It willbe made into a round 
Skl Seal 371 and pup doing fine, same position on beach - 
at K44. 
16 Feb. A large part of the day was spent typ ing up 
the report. However, Laysans and Blue-faced _ qoobies 
were checked - two more booby nests this period, inc. 
one that had two eggs, one of which was.sft and broken. 
It appears that the two were laid in quick succession, 
one of them not hard enough to endure the weighs of uhe 
incubating $; perhaps it broke as it was laid. 
Bob and Alan finished staking the beach - SW beach 
is now all done, and the island is once again ringed 
with red s *1 
I tagged the seal pup 372 today, no problem wluh 
it seems healthy and is attended voraciously by tne 
mother. - ' , . , , , 
Blue-faced Booby behavior after chow, then ax ter tne 
lousy flick we get returns and band in central roosl 
