dead pup on thebeech on the south east aide, one In the surf alone 
the rocky area and a dead adult on this rocky area. The sailor and 
I then bended Masked Boobies end Turnstones on the west beach collect¬ 
ing data on pairs end chicks bendid and returned to the ca^p sbout 
midnight. The whole group then started back across the center of 
the island to the east, walking tin the interior of the Lisianski 
is very difficult due the thousand peprel burrows which honey coned 
the soil. There must have been Bonin Petrel every couple of yards 
in the interior and it would be iraporsible to guess how many where 
In burrows underground. 'fe sew only one sooty petrel all evening. 
We found groups of fifty or so gray backed turns sitting on the ground 
in the begetetion end crawling but, cnly a few sooty turns , there 
are many frigates nesting end roosting in the bushes of the Interior. 
Mr. Bushman and I then split north from the group and worked counter 
clockwise around the islrnd banding fregates, bo obies and turnstones, 
also one wedge tailed shearwater. After it got light in the morning 
moving down the west side we picked up five cristmas Island zshear -aters. 
There call remines me somewha.te of the jolowing of a cat. About 
500 birds were banded this evening and many blood samples collected. 
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13 March 1963 
We came off Lisianski about 0900 this morning. Bob immediately 
begsin perp&ring the blood samples collected last night and Binion 
set up Berlese Funnels with new nest material and I storeged the 
gear. The blood samples were finished about noon and the ship got 
under way Howalnd end Baker about 1300. Mr. Bushman and I meet 
with the Capt. just before dinner to plan a shelual for the rest 
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