Ablbatrose seem most number on the south and east portions of the 
island though we did not get a thorough look at all sections of the 
island. Birds are nesting all through the ruined buildings. Though 
we saw no nest inside buildings. There were many Bed footed Boobies 
in the scaevola bushe on thp southeast of the island. About 90 prr. 
of the on nest were sitting on eggs’. We saw only four troplcbirds, 
three in the air, and we were forunete enough to find one on a ground 
nest, bird egg end nest were collected. In the afternoon we walked 
around the beach picked up two immature dull , the spectadfcdd 
brown gulls like we have been picking up, also founded another Horned 
Puffin dead on the beach. Lt. McDaniel visited us this evening bring 
good specimen of a immatured gull from Kure possible a MevGull. He 
reported there *re about ten of this kind over there. We hope to make 
another flight to Kure on Sunday. This evening was spent preparing 
bird skins. We will try to get on Pesrl Hermes on Monday if the weather 
Improves. 
23 February 1963 
This morning project leader picked leader picked up supplies 
an the commissary for our stey ashore. We found a tropicbird nest 
on Sand Island and again collect it. There were numerous troplcbirds 
in the air over Sand Island today but, we saw no others on the ground. 
We have noticed another immature gull on the small sand spits at the 
mouth of the habor and will collect it tonorrow. After super we collected 
more Albatross, adult® and chicks for blood samples. The evening was 
spent preparing the samples and skinning the specimens. 
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