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R. Clapp - 1964 
Nov, 7 - Kwadjalein Island, Kwadjalein Atoll 
Spent the day skinning birds. ^ 2nd mate to 
arrive the afternoon of the 9th. 
Nov. 8. Kwadjalein Atoll, Marshall Islands 
Left the ship at 9:00 Am. to poison fish at 
North Loi Island. Enroute to this area two 
Hawaiian Noddy were seen that .repeatedly 
alighted in the water. Huber missed several 
shots, as did Wislocki, but Binion finally 
scored two for one. These birds are somewna. 
notable in that the foot coloration as a whole 
is lighter than in Hawaiian Noddies that I 
have noted elsewhere. Where oirds irorn 
areas have very dark brown feet, the Hawaiian 
Noddies collected today had a much l^ter io j, 
coloration that was distinctly orangish in cast, 
almost but not quite as pronounced as in the ^ . 
Another feeding flock of 7 Hawaiian Noddies 
was also seen enroute to -the poisoning a.ea. 
Large fish (which appeared to have -he 
auxiliary dorsal fin and silvery color phasing 
I associate with the mackeral group; v.e.e chas g 
snail fish to the surface oi the water, 
attendant Hawaiian Noddies then fluiterre <=>- e 
surface of the water, frequently, alig g ^ 
to pick up these fish. „ ' , , . 
The island itself was at present ^erted 
of inhabitants but a single house with many 
scrawny chickens and graded sines of pigs 
indicated that this isle supports at least one 
family. Hermit crabs were less abunctna. 
they usually are but the small skihks wi .x 
blue tails and black dorsal stripes were more 
abundant here ( or at least appeared so) 
than they were on any other o.sio.n o 
trip. They were especially abunanat i 
■ coconut debris and other vegeatauion rooted 
about in by the pigs* 
