R. Cla-n-n 
1964 
2£jL»_Al Sibylla Island. Taongi Atoll 
Redfoots are apparently breeding to some small 
extent. and others are coming into breeding 
condition. Quite a number were seen carrying nestd 
mg material and quite a few were being chased 
b y frigates (males as well as females.) 
Several male great frigates had inflated 
throat pouches. 
which I am familiar :: 
Great Frigate : 
o 
o 
0 
1 
VJ1 
o 
Red-footed Booby, 
3000 
Blue— faced Booby 
400 
Brown Boobv 
i / 
• 4oo 
Bristle- t -Curlew 
50 
Wandering Tattler 
150 
Golden Plover 
. 200 
Ruddy Turnstone 
250 
Fairy' Tern 
4oo 
Sooty Tern 
? 
Common Noddy 
200 
Hawaiian Noddv 
300 
Reef Heron 
25-30 
Crested Tern 
25-30 
R.T # Tronic Bird 
4oo 
Black-nape d Tern 
" pq 
Blue-gray Noddy 
o 
• 
\ 
breeding 
breeding 
few breeding 
none breeding 
Three ducks were seen beating over the island 
toward the center, .of the island from the S.,. 
All were female or winter r>lumag° birds. I^did 
not yet a good look at them but -all very large 
and brown, porbablv Anas, -possibly acuta 
A Hale Frigate was observed di S rlaying" - from the 
nest. The pouch was fully .exoanded and the head 
thrown back until the bill -pointed towards the 
sligntly elevated tail, Thw wings were spread 
and quivered ululates . 
By .1 at the greater- number of great frigate 
nests were found in Messerschmidtia froml-lO 
feet up. 
