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breeds commonly on most of the islands of the Hawaiian Leeward 

 Chain (Richardson, 1957), but its occurrence on Gardner Pinnacles has 

 not been reported previously. 



Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 



Sibley and Amerson found a brown booby incubating two eggs on 

 Gardner Pinnacles, June 16, 1963. The occurrence and breeding of 

 this species on Gardner Pinnacles has not been reported previously. 

 The brown booby, a widespread inhabitant of tropical oceans, has 

 been reported breeding on most of the other islands of the Hawaiian 

 Leeward Chain (Richardson, 1957). 



Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax (hoactli?) 



Woodward found the partially decomposed remains (USNM 

 496776) of a black-crowned night heron in Scaevola bushes on Green 

 Island, Kure Atoll, June 3, 1966. The specimen, an adult, has the 

 following measurements: wing (chord) 295 mm, culmen 77 mm, and 

 tarsus 80 mm. These measurements are well within the range given 

 for female Nycticorax n. hoactli by Peters (1930) and are larger than 

 those given for either sex of N. n. nycticorax. The race N. n. hoactli 

 breeds in the main Hawaiian Islands and has wandered previously 

 to Midway Atoll, 57 miles to the east of Kure (Bryan and Greenway, 

 1944). 



Garganey Teal Anas querquedula 



On Sept. 17, 1963, Ludwig collected two juvenile garganey teal, a 

 male and a female, from an overrun pond on Sand Island, Midway 

 Atoll (USNM 493451, 493452). These birds constitute the first speci- 

 men records from any of the islands of the Hawaiian area although 

 this teal has been seen on two other occasions. Walker (1961) reported 

 seeing one at a pond near Hilo, Hawaii, Mar. 20, 1961, and Gauthey 

 (1967) reported a drake seen at Kahuku, Oahu, Mar. 21, 1967. 



This species breeds across northern Eurasia and winters from north- 

 ern Africa and the Philippines south to equatorial Africa, the Sey- 

 chelles, southern Asia, and casually to Australia (Vaurie, 1965). 



Common Teal Anas crecca 



(Green-winged Teal) 



In 1963 Ludwig collected four teal from the overrun ponds on Sand 

 Island, Midway Atoll, two, a male and a female, on November 13 

 (USNM 493479, 493480) and two moderately fat females on Decem- 

 ber 4 (USNM 493455, 493456). At least five more teal were present. 



