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occupied the middle portion of the Izccga intestine. The 
large intestine contained no parasites. The ovary, oviduct, 
and cestodes were savedcjin fixative and Whirl Pacs. The s 
cloaca was diaiated, and the bird had apparently been 
recently copulating. In bed by Midnight* 
-15-63 
Spent much of today organizing materials for replacing 
worn our stakes, and the laying out of the new vegiataticn 
study plotso After an abortive try in the AM where wo 
realized lots of holes in our supposed, method, we reorganiz¬ 
ed. 
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out 6 oftho 10 in the afternoon a In walking 
through the antennal field I saw many unmarked albatross 
there where Bill and -en handled 107 only 2 days ago. In 
the evening I wrote letters and spent some time merely 
organizing my thoughts - a difficult task. 
11 - 16-63 
Up today to find the thumb reswollen, and even larger 
than before. Soaked it for two hours, and began a regular 
treatment of aspirin, penicillin, and tetracycline. In the 
afternoon we chased after gooneys and got several hundred 
gconeys, mostly Laysans. After this excursion it is 
obvious that there are hundreds of new Laysans have come 
in during the last few days: Further, there are many 
more Laysans than Black-foots, In the evening I soaked 
the thumb again for 90 minutes and then relaxed at the 
flick. 
11 - 17-63 
Spent today working on the vegetation plots and staking 
albatross study nests. In the afternoon while setting traps 
in the study area I noted that there has been a marked 
decline of the vegetation there. The composit flowers 
have finished flowering and are now dying, scaveola is 
losing some leaves, and the grass seems to be static: It 
seems a little like fall out there. Many albatross there 
which are not tagged. Found ten black-foots on eggs on 
the west beach: No Laysan eggs as yet. 
11 - 18—63 
Up early today to work on the vegetation plots while 
Bill and Ken did the rats. Finished two loads of laundry 
and 4 of the five 11 rip-out " plots: The fifth should be 
finished with another 90 minutes of work tomorrow. Then 
we will finally have the plots all laid out. Staked out 
