awaited rescue, i returned from this walk with an empty hag, 
V:/ixile Oi/hers nad collected Bristle-tijighed Curlews, s’/andering 
tattlers curing their surheys of other beaches, hone of these 
oeing new records i couldn't get excited, j. ^ilso observed 
nesting ^rested 'ferns and many Briddled ferns both of these 
were birds that i had not seen before, nil in all the bird 
populations on this island seem relatively small when compared 
witn the leeward islands 'wnich j. visited earlier this year, 
no yvedge-tailed Shearwaters were observed on the island although 
1 did note some burrows, in a clearing in the center of the 
island. One reason for the absence of ground and burrow nesters 
mignt be the density of undergrowth, here the scavola grows 
to 8 or 10 feet, this vegatation is the nesting sight for the 
lesser krigatebird and the Hed-footed Booby, both of which 
v/e observed nesting, the irigatebird having both es^s and chicks 
and the rted-footed Booby only chicks well fledged. Blue-faced 
Boobies were observed in pairs, but only two were seen to have 
eggs. Other than these birds wandering tattlers, Buddy I'urnstones, 
Golden plovers and Bristle-thighed ourleviTS were observed in fair 
numbers. Of the mammals; one or more species of rat is 
y one specimen was collected. 
Trapping on this island was extremely difficult due to land crabs 
which fouled the traps, they are cursed beasts. 
ft was hoped to band this evening but rain precluded these 
ambitions. 
October 12,13, 1964 
fn the morning a small collection of plants was made also 
several skinks were collected. In the afternoon it was decided 
to depart this island for Breje island about a mile to the north 
of this island, here we expected to find Sotty ferns having 
glassed the island from the north end of this island, ye could 
have attained this island by foot as .all the islands of this 
atoll at low tide are connected by a coral reef, nonetheless, for 
convenience we chose rubber rafts.Breje Island differs from 
Sibylla island in that there is less vegetation and large areas 
with only sparse grasses, nere we found at least 50,000 nesting 
Sooty ferns and a great number of ii/edge-tailed shearwaters, both 
dark and light phased,though light phased predominates. Also 
in the trees on the windward side fairy Terns were nesting, both 
