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ill along the slope. None on the road or left of transmitter yet. 
Those in the areas above the transmitter had thinned out by afternoon. 
Scattered eggs throughout the newly occupied throughout the newly 
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occupied (by day) area, mostly in vegetated rather than open areas. 
The number of birds on the point decreased by "50 °/o, especially 
in the air. These may h eve become part of the group in the new area 
or may have gone to sea. 
Birds sitting down on road and left of transmitter before dark. 
February 25 - "oO lirds on islet during morning. Five eggs in 
Plot No. 1. 
February 26 -To eggs in Plot No. 1. Population on north point 
has stabilized, no longer moving inward. Many eggs there as well as 
around plots 1, 2 and 5 and all along above Brown Boobies. 
February 27 - Population in area of Plot 1 stabilizing - very few 
birds in air there compared to other areas. Large concentration in air 
between transmitter, frigates and boobieB. 
February 28 -• 18,000± 3,000 sitting during day. 1 jh - i/3 ? of 
these eggs . 50,000 present at night. Many eggs on slope north of 
Brown Boobies. One new egg in plot 1; original five broken. 
February 29 - Population in area of Plot No. 2. 19 eggs - B 
1 plot 4 stabilizing. Many eggs between frigates and shore. 
March 1 - Birds moving into area between plots 1 and 2 and road 
to dump. More coming into area on south shore also. 
'50,000* 5000 sitting by 6:30 p.m. Peal arrival 6:30 - 7:50 - 
five to six hundred per five minutes - 6 - 7200 1 hour (x 2 ?) 
Twenty-nine eggs in plot 4. Birds sitting in plot 6. Very few birds 
come in to north point at night. Three new eggs plot 1. 
