The wind is too cold to permit getting very wet working in the rain 
and It is impossible because of the dampness to dry out wet clothing 
ubtil we see the sun again. Less then 70 birds were banded today, 
there seemed bobe greater numbers of Grey backed terns in the air 
about the island now and small groups are re ting on the ground 
at night. The sooty terns are resting large groups on the.ground 
now. 
3 March 1963 
The weather today remained poor except for a couple of hours 
of w-rm sun around noon, the sky was grey ell day wind moved from 
north to south and re/nniwed about 25 note. There was not toomuch 
rein during the day, but it rained heavily tonight after we had 
gone to the other end of theisland to band end getting us all soak¬ 
ing wet. During the morning we continued the griding we went back 
today and checked some of our steaks we a steel tape from all directions 
and found that out compos* was throwing us 20 to 30 feet off in a hundred 
feet. It was then decided to do discontinue griding this trip and 
until we obtain a better instrument for laying out these squares. We 
made a trip back today for water and provisions the rest of the party 
continued banding Black footed Albatross and Binion continued surveying 
the island for insects. At low tide this aftetnoon the groupd worked 
alone the exposed coral ledge and collected some of the small sharks 
and odd shaped fish that are there. There seemed to be great bumbers 
of what are probably WhltetlppeA Sharks about the island. They do 
I 
not appear to be much over 5 or 6 feet but, it is not uncour on to see 
two dozen or mors milling in one smell area. They come within a few 
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