Schreiber 
Chrismtas Island, pacific 
June 1967, 
SOOTY 
TERN EGGS 
| • 
50.45 
X 
35.48 
54.80 
X 
34.33 
51.09 
X 
36.16 
49.76 
X 
35.41 
47.19 
X 
34.48 
52.42 
X 
33.92 
50.73 
X 
33.00 
51.55 
X 
36.32 
53.S3 
X 
35.21 
49.11 
X 
34.04 
48.95 
X 
36.26 
47.15 
X 
34.14 
52.10 
X 
34.62 
50.18 
X 
36.31 
51 .54 
X 
33.34 
54.71 
X 
36.32 
50.66 
X 
34.06 
51.08 
X 
35.62 
53.53 
X 
37.21 
48.52 
X 
34.69 
54.64 
X 
35.18 
51.85 
X 
34.06 
51.91 
35.61 
53.78 
X 
34.46 
51.46 
X 
35.97 
52.50 
X 
35.96 
51.45 
X 
34.82 
54.08 
X 
36.46 
50.95 
X 
36.44 
49.81 
X 
35.29 
49.62 
X 
35.21 
49.12 
X 
36.38 
51.77 
X 
35.45 
53.47 
X 
36.36 
50.39 
X 
36.46 
49.33 
X 
35.92 
53.93 
X 
36.53 
52.77 
X 
35.67 
52.00 
X 
34.92 
Schreiber 
4 f i 
Christmas 
1 June ( cont) 
This number seems a bit low tome because this would 
mean that only some 30,000 birds are in the xxiaaa 
colony colony and i would est some 200,000. Oh 
will, there areno eggs left and almost no birds 
are laying anymore, Gill havi to talk with him 
about this again. He says that this seasons 
nesting cycle is only about 1/10 of what it was 
in December. 
2 June 
Visited the four islets in Isles Lagoon for the 
second time today, it is cloudy but still quite 
hot. Really got some interesting stuff form the 
second Visits and think that i wj.ll begin visiting 
these places one every two weeks instead of month. 
3 June. - - . 
The monsoons started toda y and it rained all day 
' all over the island so did not try to dao anything 
, with thebirds. TABI had a party at his house in th« 
evening which was really fun and interesting, to 
see how much the hatrives are really verymuch like 
us in their attitudes and outlooks. 
4 J u ne 
Still reining all day, tried to go to the other 
end of the island along the lagoon road but before 
getting to Y site had been stufk twice, if not for 
4 wheel drive whuld still be there, and flooded ou 1 
the enjine once so quite and came slowly home. 
This road is really quite impassable when it rains 
hard for any length of time. 
5 June 
again rained all day and night. Went to C rver 
way to visit isles lagoon islets but it was also 
^ raining there and got soaked banding one tropicbirr 
6 June. Still raining but lighter so went to carver 
way and visited four islets tfere then banded and 
bled tropicibrds on the peninsula there. In even 
ing went to Swimming islet and measured r gf. 
