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BROWN BOOBY BAND REPORTERS 
NAME OF REPORTER 
RECOVERY LOCALITY 
BANDING LOCALITY 
G. Sapoa Nitz 
Funafuti Island 
Ellice Islands 
Kure Atoll 
H. B. Laji 
Majuro Atoll 
Marshall Islands 
Kure Atoll 
Mehemiah Fritz 
(via K. D. Emiv) 
Nauru Island 
Pacific Ocean 
Johnston Atoll 
G. Sapoa Nitz 
Funafuti Island 
Ellice Islands 
Pearl and Hermes Reef 
Alfred W. Capelle 
Likiep Atoll 
Marshall Islands 
Bikar Atoll 
P. Dunbar 
Funafuti Island 
Ellice Islands 
Birnie Island 
Brian D. Campbell 
Trench Island 
T.P.N.G. 
Birnie Island 
P. S. Jackson 
Funafuti Island 
Ellice Islands 
Enderbury Island. 
P. S. Jackson 
Nukufetau Island 
Ellice Islands 
Jarvis Island 
(Cont’d from page 5) 
that another feeding method must 
also be used. Evidently the birds 
stand on reefs and catch fish from 
tidal pools in the rocks . 
In some areas Brown Boobies, 
especially young ones, accompany 
ships and feed on fish that are 
flushed from the water. This 
procedure has its problems, however. 
Some birds finish a dive to find a 
ship less than five feet away and 
only by taking flight immediately 
can they avoid being run down. 
Brown Boobies nest on the 
ground in habitats ranging from 
Pi sonia forests to open rock ledges.. 
The only requirements for nest- 
ing seem to be an open area and the 
presence of nesting material. The 
nest is a large structure of twigs, 
leaves, and stems. Generally two 
white eggs are laid. However, as 
