Fleet. Robert 
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On string 795-39201 - 500 numbers 285-500 were Adult unidentified. 
Banded Wedge-tails in center portion of island, in among old bunkers 
and bluildings. Banded 100 birds. 
655-20101 - 200 Adult unidentified 
Saw some (10) chicks 20 to 50 dayB, no primaries, brown - down 
only 
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One Wedgetail recapture: >85652513. 
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Returned to Sand Island on 2400 boat. 
September 14 — Remainder of Leeward pari 
In evening Eon Walker and I banded on Sand Island. 
Bonin Island Petrel 79562902 6 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 635-20201 - 23 , 25-31, 34, 40, 42. 
All birds Adult - unidentified. 
One Bonin seen digging a burrow. One pair observed engaged in 
mutual preening. Both facing same direction, side by side greening neck 
feathers . 
September 15 — At O' 
Banded 31 KRTB. 635-20051 - 81 
Adult alone 4 Egg 7 Nestling 7 Local- Immature 20 
red 
Immature with'' large bleeding abuss on left base of bill, size of pea 
and a smaller one in corner of right eye. 
Immature with large bleeding abuBS on left side cf bill at base, 
size of walnut. 
Nestling with bill entirely engulfed. 
Nestling with large abuss on right foot. 
