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jp today to observe again in the Radar tower* After banding 
a plover, got aloft at C300, and after lunch again at 1310. In 
general there was little activity today except for frigates 
which were enjoying soaring on the strength of a very steady 
8-18 It® S3 breose that was Doing deflected by the 
East beach* A few Rcd-fcots joined this activity® But today 
the big news was the first big return of Black-foots and the 
first Laysan* area tho Radar to vor I saw five land, seven in 
ass.* { Blade-foots )* Other birs seeded to bo just sitting, presid¬ 
ing and regenerating feathers* At lyOO we sot th rat traps again 
and just before dinner repaired and reset th© mist hats to now 
locations in th© hopes of inproving our shorebird catch* 
While up in th© tower I got a good long look At tho nonkey 
who is doing fine* Ho was apparently feeding on tho fruits of 
the Beaveola bushes and scencd in good pelage* In tho evening 
v© want banding gooneys and got over 40 and ono Laysan albatross 
as well as several Frigates and 10 Red-foots* I weighed ono 
Red-foot Adult ( 14-35 grans ) and ono Blade-foot ( 354-2 i 20 
grams )* The Black-foot3 are roosting deep in tho cuts of tho 
seavoola, often as far bad: as tho seals, and today I watched 
two birds billing, but tho display went no further* Tonight 
I noted for the first time some birds with seemingly 
very thing lines of white on the forehead ( $*s ? ’}, and perhaps 
things will pick up in this area* I have also scon several 
Black-foots sitting beside well constructed scrapes: In ono 
case tho scrap© was made in the morning as I checked the bird 
before going on the radar tower and then before lunch* Most 
of the albatross arrived here today between 1500 and 1900. 
Concerning the boobys in the antenna fields: Moulting in the 
Masks d and Browns has now become very pronounced* All adults 
of the Masked except the ono pair with eggs are mpulting heavily* 
Ono Red-foot caught tonight in immature plumage ( apparently in 
its first complete moult was found to be greyish-white where as 
a Juvenal he was grey, and others caught in another stage whore 
th© scapulars and sons of the bad: feathers amdupper-uing coverts 
retain the grey suggest that three years are required before the 
birds attain a complete adult plumage* However, oily specimens 
of banded* known ago birds, birds will give us that in¬ 
formation* VfiLrtz wants the typewriter* 
