Oct-Nov Phoenix 
STAhDAED ISLAi^D PROCEDURE 
Resupply Mid afternoon _ 
At time of resupply catch rest of birds 
possible and ship out. 
Collect plants in raoiTiing and send out 
Collect fish at noon 
Take photographs of island 
Rest of time spent banding. 
On Baker laLand daily supply boat id.ll also 
bring in birds to be skinned. 
Berlizi samples to go out 1st day 
Usually resupply about 1000 every dsy. 
Get all collecting done first time around 
at Howland and Baker. 
Band rather than skin on Howland 
Any cat seen second time around on Howland or 
Baker should be hunted with special effort. 
In Phoenix collect and put in freezer 
Skin as much as possible in heat of day. 
ELrst en 5 )hasis in Phoenix group in surv^sring 
whole isind as to numbers and breeding cycle 
(i.e. exact next counts). 
Banding next. 
Collect at least two species per island. 
Get particularly those species not found in 
numbers on Enderbury. 
Elimination of cats or rabbits of minor 
importance. 
