Droppings 
April 20 , 196k 
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miles to the west. Four specimens and several sight records of 
Laughing Gulls--the first record for the central Pacific, were collected 
on Christmas Island and several more of these gulls were seen on Fanning. 
A gull collected by Binion on Sand Island and another collected at sea 
may also turn out to be Laughing Gulls. Looks like everything happened 
at once here! Sibley is now busy analyzing the 2,000+ Blue-faced Booby 
returns in an attempt to predict seasonal movement and total island 
populations. 
Chan Robbins dropped in for a visit last week and had only the 
good word to say about our work in the center of the Blue. He did report 
that our guys are so hep on working a 24-hour schedule that they sometimes 
forget the inconvenience they may cause our hosts who live by the spit f n 
polish brass-bound Book. Consequently Our Side has to lean over backwards 
to eliminate what would be considered insignificant sources of irritation 
in the Mainland World but may loom pretty large in a limited environment 
where so many people of different backgrounds and interests are 
compelled to live as one family (Sounds like old Wavy days). Chan reports 
that everlasting tolerance, humility, and good humor are winning some 
tough battles for Our Side. Be it ever thus. 
Jay Cee T s corner of the range has been strangely silent lately-- 
Mrs. Church stayed home for two days to type schedules and Jay Cee 
turned up late In the week and announced that he was over at the 
Department of Agriculture learning how to remove stomach contents from 
mallophaga and anoplura. He refused to comment when asked if any of the 
critters survived his ministrations intact. . 
