F.Olarr - 1964 
^ J. A. 
Nov, 12 
l( I 
Jaluit Atoll and At Sea 
Sot up early in the morning and went over to 
Enybor with Binion, Ken, and Dave* The same 
flock of 15 Black-naped Terns was sitting on the 
smae sand spit as it was. the other day* Intermixed 
with these birds and roosting with them were 
about 50 Common Noddies* - Binion 'did the shooting, 
while I took care of the specimens* -3 s umatrana 
, one adult and two immature , were obtained as 
well as a Common Noddy and a Hawaiian Noddy* 
The immature Black-naped. Terns were Doth in 
primary molt* Those feathers in the wing which had 
been already molted and. regrown were much lighter 
in color than those immature feathers which they 
were replacing. The anterior portion and the 
anterior half of the posterior portion of the 
web were but a very faint, smoky gray which would 
appear in the field as white* The older* outer 
primaries, on the other hand were very dark gray 
to black in this area. Perhaps it might be possible 
to estimate age of young Black-naped Terns in the 
field by the amount of black showing in the 
wing in flight. These immature . birds also varied 
from the adult plumage in that the feathers on 
the anterior, proximal part of the wing had a dark 
bar on them. In addition, I thought that there 
was a variation in gape color between young and 
old birds, with the younger birds having a distinct- 
lv more pinkish gape, while that of the adult 
tended to be salmon colored* However, the colors 
were too similar and the sample size too small 
for me to be sure of this. 
We went then to the island, off which the 
ship is anchored and where the missionary* 
Father Donohue, holds court* V/e were feted by 
yet another women's club* This group ...wore a 
uniform consisting of a dress with a pattern of 
red and white squares. Leis, of course, were the 
order of the day and they gave us a numoer oi 
woven items including mats, cigarette cases , and 
some purely decorative items. • ... 
When we returned to the ship Larry and I spent the 
rest of the day skinning while the others kept a 
largely profitless watch* Stopped skinning 1 at six, 
watched Mary, Mary,, and skinned until 2300. 
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