FAIR! ISLAND TIMES 
"SEEPAGE FROM THE GUANO PITS" 
Although "Splatterings" beat us to press we wish to report that the 
Fairy Island Times and Seepage were being written before Binion 
departed Washington. Our isolation from civilization however* prevented 
us from going to press until this late date. 
We arenow sitting in the hot steamy harbour of Pago Pago Thatching 
the Mack Trucks go by. After twelve drinks Fay claimed that they 
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were almost attractive. The rest of us still contend that there are 
no females on the island. 
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The past month*s work has now been recorded and reported and everyone 
would as soon forget that therd had ever been a Feb. 1964 (except for 
Roger who has been taking so many tranquillizers that he is not quite 
sure what year it is.) The Fairy Island Times reports the humor and 
high points of the last few weeks. Roger Clapp did 1600 birds in 
one night to prove that No-Doz really works. Shortage of birds prevented 
other records but the group broke 4500 for the first time in one night. 
An attempt to band 1000 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters in one night by one 
person was foiled since everyone else tryed to do it the same night. 
Out side of banding Ray Jilison has the distinction of being on the 
first rubber boat to be flipped end over end by a wave. Larry Huber 
made headlines by mistaking Poi for chocolate pudding in the Canton 
chow line. Records are no longer listed for continuous banding or 
minimi hours of sleep as these records are now so high as to make 
further records immaterial. 
In our spare time we have been running small classes on shell 
collecting, fish identifica tion, marine invertebrates, and botanical 
illustrating. All attsmpts to organize bird watching groups 
