R # Clapp - 1964 
Jaluit Atoll - Nov. 11, 1964 
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that he wa s less than 20 feet from a New Sealand 
Cuckoo. Which as the bird flew then auto th 
ahead of me it proved to be. I called 
from duck hunting, and, tried to shov, him "here 
the bird was perched. .Disgusted wi w» > 
mv tremors, he handed, me the gun, ^ * 
sighting carefully, and shot--- anu this. 
And the duck flew away. Some ^ ^ e11 
This idland if anything, Jiad ^ewer hi 
Taluit A few Fairy Terns, a few Common 
Noddies, small numbers of Gulden Plover, Ruddy 
Turnstone, and Wandering Tattler "ere seen as 
well as a few Reef Heron. < . . 
We recircled through the area in which- th 
New Zealand cuckoo had been seen bu ^ 1 . 
a hit of luck. (Perkins _on the other hand go 
a beautiful Aesnmid on oaluio, and. x 
p-nhis lion of the trip o£ Elisahe^:.. 
P So "e returned to the ship, I prepared the 
birds with Phil's help, and Phil and^Dave «enu 
to the luau on the beae.n v.hiic nin e 
taking care of the birds. Marshall ese 
While on Jaluit I got a number of Marshallese 
names for the local birds. These are as lollow . 
Golden Plover — Eoloej ^ 
Fairy Tern. — Me jo 
Common Noddy — Eenv.ak 
Hawaiian Noddy - Jkar 
Brown Booby — Kalo 
1 . 4 -,.^ „ a q tkken when I discovered that 
This later term was taken wneu keT)t as 
a single immature Brown Booby was being Pent a 
l pet bv our guide.-- He had brought some 20 T of 
them from 2 .but the, others,. . ad g: u ' ile h his 
bird was raised from a nestling, 
mII annarently is still largely supplied by his 
SrshaSese keeper, is, also capable of fishing 
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