Progress Report 
SIC No 7 - February 2 6 - March 18 
The second half of the trip began on February 2 6 when the ship arrived 
at the first island in the Tokelau Group. The ship repaired the radar with 
parts shipped to Samoa so there was no need for navigation lights ashore 
during this half. As in the previous half, the ship provided excellent 
logistic support of the group. 
The surf conditions were no problem except on Jarvis Island. On Jarvis 
waves 20 - 25 T in height were coming into the landing, preventing our depart¬ 
ing from this area. We loaded the raft and towed it through the inside of 
the reef to the east side to depart the island. 
The Tokelau Islands were inhabited and the natives were helpful in 
showing us where the birds were concentrated. On Atafu some items of equip¬ 
ment were stolen from us. Wo birds were banded in the Tokelau Islands. 
The numbers of birds were very low, especially Blue-faced Boobies on 
Jarvis Island where an estimated population of 2,500 birds were roosting. 
There was very little nesting activity in the Blue-faced Boobies on Jarvis. 
The highest nesting population encountered on this half of the cruise was 
the Sooty Terns on Palmyra Island where an estimated 1,000,000 birds were 
present on the runway. The young were just beginning to hatch out. This 
is the largest concentration of Sooty Terns observed on Palmyra by the SIC 
people. 
As seems to be the case, when we hit the better islands we were 
confronted with a full moon making it extremely difficult to catch birds. 
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A total of 10,724 birds were banded during the second half of SIC Wo. 7 
with an overall total for the entire cruise of 37;724 "birds banded. We 
picked up 1,031 returns on the second half for a grand total of 2,729* Only 
five recoveries were made the second half for a trip total of 82. We took 
275 samples of blood for a trip total of 750 samples. Six drums of fish 
were taken from the Tokelau Islands, as well as several specimens of 
reptiles and Insects. A total of 180 bird and mammal specimens were taken, 
mostly from the Tokelau Islands, being the first such collections from this 
group. 
Fakaofo Atoll 
This is the most southern island in the Tokelau Group. The islands were 
mostly covered with coconut palms with remnant forest on a few isolated 
islands. A large number of Lesser Frigatebirds roosted here along.with 
Hawaiian Roddies and a few Brown Boobies. A total of 30 bird specimens were 
taken all representing new species for the island. Some of the more unusual 
birds were the Pacif ic Fruit Pigeon, Reef Heron, and the Black-naped Tern. 
There were approximately 900 people on the main island. Two were assigned 
to help us out by the native chief. Fish were collected on the outer reef 
