H 
McFarlane, R. W. 
1955 
Midway 
17 
Met Dr. Fisher. He confirmed that wedge-tails used to occur here 
hy the thousands, blames the Navy which has open season on them. Says he has 
never seen a Bulwer*s Petrel here. 
Looked for shearwaters after dark around rifle range. Found less than 
a half dozen. 
Heard several Bonin I. petrels, flying overhead. Did not get a good look 
at one. Hone seen on ground. 
June 26 
1 Fairy terns still copulating. 
Spent all morning trying to reach Bushman by phone. Bad conditions, 
could not get them. I have not been able to decipher the importance of 
shipping shearwaters. Decided to look into the possibilities of getting 
them from Pearl-Hermes. Sent a message to Fred oh Tawakoni . Received 
answer from C.O., shearwaters plentiful, Fred out of touch until night. 
Late this afternoon received message from Humphrey saying tropicbirds 
would be all right and not to interfere with field schedule. 
Trevor and Marshall managed to finish out our 1000 tropicbirds banded 
today. 
June 27 
Got a pick-up truck from Public Works through Lt. (jg) Ralph Bollingerw 
Spent day collecting tropicbirds. Boxed up 227. 
There seen to be more shearwaters in area 9 than there were last week 
They are still starting nests. 
Very few adult goonies on the island. Practically no black-foots. 
Found a fairly fresh Bonin Petrel dead nest to runway. 
Dr. Fisher says he has never seen this many tropicbirds at Midway. 
Still do not have permission from MATS for bird shipment. 
