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down and got it. 
it in turn dropped half and a third got the last piece. 
I observed a booby trying to take off ahead of me. It flailed and 
fell into the water. As it tried to rise oflt of the water. As it 
tried to rise out of the water a frigate swooped down and seized it by 
the head with its beak and gave it a good shake. ’ The booby 
dropped back into the water and dropped a fish. A second frLgate swooped 
down and picked up the fish. The first frigate then grabbed the booby 
by the head again and shook it. Then another frigate grabbed the 
right wing and shook it. i?he booby finally got into the air and went 
inland, and the frigates left. 
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Fred collected an interesting gull north of the point where we 
landed today. It is perhaps the same one I shot at, but did not kill, 
earlier this morning, ft appears to be another glaucous or western. 
Two seals scared off beach while tagging no 33* and six more were 
noted in the next 50 yards. One is an adult, 5 are yearlings. Also one 
adult in water here. This animal came out the water and approached the 
adult on land, while making a throaty growling noise like an outboard motet 
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warming up, and nosing at it. The big one on the beach rolled over on its 
back and looked at the one which came out of the water. 
There are numferous masked boobies nesting along this east shore with 
the Laysan albatross. One or two eggs noted per nest. We flushed two 
large groups of frigates as we walked along here. Individual in the 
air seem to be predominantly females and immatures. We also noted 
6 wandering tattlers along this rocky beach. The shore along the 
southeastern side of Lisianski is exposed coral with a smill amount of sandy 
beach behind it. There are numerous tidewater pools with brightly colored 
fish and crust cceans in them. The distance between the water and the 
