Sand Island, Johnston Atoll 
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Wislocki, George S. 
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Collectedr 5 Sootles (vials 24,25,26,27) and 1 Noddy (vial 28) were collected for 
ectc^arasites. 
Noted: 5 Red-tailed Tropicbirds over colony. Reliable report that 5 White-tailed 
Tropicbirds were on Johnston Island. 
Banded in evening: l80 Sooties. 
January 7 —Survey at ObjJO: 
Red-footed Booby 2900 
Noddy 700 
Gray-backed Tern 2 
Collected: 4 Sooties (vials 29,50,51,52) and 1 Noddy (vial 55) were collected for 
parasites. 
Comments; Afternoon spent in picking up dead and crippled birds in hoped that 
they might be incorporated into movie. 
Noted: At 1500 first Sooties may be seen on horizon though they do not arrive 
here in any great nmbers until after 5:50 p.m. It is known estimated thit the 
population is around 19,000 to 15,000 and ever rising. 5 Red-tailed Tropicbirds seen 
hovering over island in late afternoon. Plover p<^ulation estimated at 4O-50, 
7 of wiiich are banded. In evening 2 Masked Boobies sighted. 
Banded between 8 p.m, and 10 p.m.: 202 Sooties. 
—S;irvey at 065O; 2800 Red-footed Booby, 1 Gray-backed Tern 
Noted: The brown booby are beginning to court (on east slope) and nest building 
is beginning to progress. In afternoon 8 Fairy Terns observed hovering over 
island. 
^oHooted: 5 Sooty Terns (vials 54 to 5S) for ectoparasites. 
Banded; 28 Noddies, 5 Hawaiian Noddies, 1 Gray-backed Tern, 200 Sooties--totnl 254 
