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10 - 10-63 
I spent most of the day in doors working on the odds 
out these last weeks. Had to 
telethermometer, and got a rapid 
75 minute haircut from one of the Coastguardsmen, Went hunting 
r for about two hours: Saw the usual stuff plus one Lesser 
- Xellowlegs which I could not get close to. Tagged a couple 
of boobysand spent the rest of the day gathering energy for 
a big banding push tomorrow night. Bill has asked that I 
orepare a report Oj2 projected and in progress ornithological 
projects, and I expect to spend much of tomorrow and the 
rest of tonight on that. 
10-11-63 
Raining when we got up this AM so set to work on the 
accumulated birds in the icebox for skinning. Discarded the 
two turnstones, one .spoiled, one badly beaten up and leaking 
blood, but did skin the two plovers plus a bird-of-the-year 
( fledged ) Red-footed Booby. Having trouble with the dermes- 
tids which have an ability to get into the drying skins 
inspite of moth ballsand drying lights.'Green island at times 
seems to be a large dermestid incubator. Collected several 
grasshoppers. In then evening organized a group to band 
and take temperatures. We worked the two shearwater-petrel 
areas, and all of the Masked and Brovm Boobys. I believe now 
that further night operations with these species of Boobys 
will be largely fruitless, and we expect now to change and 
work mostly on Red-footed Boobys and Frigates. I obtained ex 
enough temperatures on the boobys to outline the diurnal- 
nocturnal temperature cycles for the two species, and the 
series on Bonins and Wedgetails should give a start there. I n 
the^gack by£L 30 hours. 
Spent most of these two days working in doors on the 
report on actives and proposed ornithological projects for 
Kure. I have some ideas for physiological research based on 
the availability of altricial species which to my eyes are 
dazzling. There is an opportunity here to add data on Stan- 
f dard Metabolic Rates, and Development of homiothermy in 
at least a dozen species. Unlike the other outposts where 
available electric power and supply bases are lacking, Kure 
with Midway's help represents the perfect place to see up 
a physiologists laboratory. The return of publishable impor¬ 
tant data from this program for a several thousand dollar 
investment could be staggering. Importantly, ehe o—rd species 
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