n) 
R. Clapp 
1964 
Nov. 19 Aranuka Atoll, Gilbert Islands. Pacific 0. 
Gvsris alba 
(cont. ) 
• 
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• 
Number Sex Gonads 
Brood Patch 
30411 
^0412 
30413 
Present 
No 
Yes, 
L 
Summary : 
this trip, 
molting in 
As has generally proved to be the case 
Fairy Terns in all six specimens were 
neither primaries and rectrices. 
Sterna sumatrana : 
„ . . P£?8g 
Number Sex 
Gonads Primaries 
Pectrices 
30414 F 
Yes 
l.o. 4mm. 1*2N not 
full g;rown 
^-5N*6S*RN 
*2,6 inS. 
P2 in S, 
Numenius tahitiensis 
2-3 in sheath, rest 
: 30415 r Primaries 
old? (Pecheck) Tail 
l*7*old, 
LI in sheath 
rest of feathers old. 
Heteroscelus incanum 
Number Sex Pri , Index. Primaries 
3041?“ M 8 1-7*8S*RN 
30417 M 5.5 1-4*5, 6S*RN 
30418 M 6.5 1-5*6, 7S*RN 
Pectrices 
PI, LI Psold 
PI, LI Pibold 
PI, LI Rsold , 
Summary : Tail molt apparently beginning. 
Pluvialis dominica r 
Number Sex. P.Ind. 
Primaries 
Rectrices 
3042 3 
1 
1S*RN 
In molt 
30424 
M 0 
Completed 
L3,L4 (I2fn) 
30425 
F 2 
1*2S*RN 
P5,L5 
. / 
primary index. 1.0 
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