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19b4 
Mlacellane oug 
20 
Seven Common Noddy eggs on cliff face, 6 in nesta, 1 placed on bare 
. .y i R ed -ta iled Tropicbird local tlirev up deep water (mallet ?) fish 
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/Clinches long with head digested: 2 inches deep, 1 inch wide. 
Observed 6 to 12 Common Noddy chasing a Fairy Tern with fish in 
bill. Five minutes. 
rock. 
flying 
to itself by repeated squeaks; transferred single minnow-like fish 
from bill to bill. 
Red-footed Booby adult seen by Bob Long on Necker on9/ 26. (sitting 
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and then flew). With orange tag on right leg. Somewhat weathered. 
Under way for French Frigage Shoals at 1630 hours oc. the 26th. 
Arrived at FFS at 0730 hours. on the 27th. 
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September 27 — Transferred gear and personnel into small boat from 
station and were underway to islande by 0930. Visited Frigate Island, 
Whale and Skate Island, East Island in succession spending one to two 
hours on each. La Perouse rock was circled several times but no landing 
was attempted. Tern Island was surveyed on the evening of the 27th and 
the morning of the 28th. 
Trig Island; 
Population 
Blue-faced Booby » immature 21 
local 1 
adult 2 
Red -footed Booby = immature 2 (10) 
adult 2 
Ruddy Turnstone « kb - 50 
Golden Plover = 3 
Common Noddy * 100 chicks; 200 adults 
Wedge -tailed Shearwater ■ total 300 
(estimate 75) 
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