esimuth light which the mapping crue has placed in the north central 
area of the island. At the azimuth light we turned southwest and cut 
through the vegetation to come out on the beech about a hundred yards 
above boat landing. Approximately a lfOyds. from the light on the 
above course we observed five common noddy ; nest right on the ground 
with one egg in each nest. The birds could be approached easily enough 
so that two were picked up off the nest for examination. This nesting 
site differs from the one we have observed for the Hawaiian noddy's which 
seem to be conslntrated in the large, low, cesuarima tree on the ridge 
of the island just behind our camp site. Both parties returned to the 
camp site about duekk. After dinner the field party went as a group 
south on the beach from the boat landing on the west shore and worked 
through the vegetation along the beach, collecting banding, terns, 
noddy, booby's, and frigate's. The project banded 100 mixed fairy 
terns, grey -backed terns, and Hawaiian noddies. Another 100 Bonin 
Island Petrels, 19 of mixed 3 species of boobies, 5 frigatebirds, 
and 2 Bristle-thighed"' Curlews, this night seemed colder than last. 
Our single blankets are definitely unsatisfactory for this weather. 
The batteries for our head lights which we got from BSC at Pearl Harbor 
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are almost all burned out not, having lasted, for only about six hoxirs 
light. 
13 February 1963 
The sea does not seem any calmer today, the waves breaking through 
the small boat landing ere still 6 to 10 feet high, and I do not believe 
we will have any contact with the ship today. Our water supply is al¬ 
most exhausted now, but we as very for 
unate that the mapping crue says 
