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Janes P. Ludwig 
1963 
ve saw Wedge-tails and Christmas Island Shearwaters 
flying at 9 a.ra. and found chicks of both. Shot 
some minature Teal at Sand as well as a Erolia Sand¬ 
piper. Saw a dowitcher also. 
September 20, 19 63 
Hew to -Cure today. Joe Goodwin provided us 
with ample space, man power, and a very warm reception. 
-°y noon seeded in 2 rooms and in.the afternoon toured 
the island. Bill saw 2 6 seals. I collected a 
tattler and Poddy,Frigates, 3 Boobies, Golden Plovers, 
tattlers, red turnstones, four Bristle-thighed 
Curlews, Hawaiian and Common Poddies, Sooty Terns, 
unidentified ("Forester’s like") Tern, 5 Fairy 
Terns, Wedge-tails and Bonin seen. Collected 23 
rats at night. 
September 21, 1963 
Caughu up on odds and ends, and rewrapped all 
the birds from Midway. Some sufferred during the 
1 light over. Went to a cook out for dinner and then 
out to collect. One Christmas Island Shearwater, 
2 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters, one Bonin Petrel, and 
2 Frigates collected. Bill got 2 6 rats. Lots 
of wedge-tails here. Guess 700 - 1000 present. They 
may be nesting. Po idea how many Christmas Island 
Shearwaters here. 
September 22, 1963 
Helped Bill tag seals today, total of 6 by day’s 
end. Skinned 2 of the Shearwaters collected 9-21 
and watched the evening flick. 
September 23, 1963 
Skinned the frigate, made skeletons of Wedge-tail, 
Frigate, and Sooty Tern. Wrote letters in the o.m. 
