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Ely, Charles A. 
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buried and with parts missing, yet I still saw four bands. Why couldn't 
Fish and Wildlife have taken the time to collect bands when killing the 
birds? Band numbers follow: 
757-47584 
667-44076 
667-19196 
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667-19194 
Wedge-tail e d Shear water - 
that Wedge-tails were finished 
nesting season) and that there 
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first five (-still with down on 
Seaevola near the north beach, 
was an adult (dead several days )_ on the concrete under the antenna field 
(no band). In a bunker under seaevola and between the antenna field 
and the East side of the island were five young of different ages - the 
largest apparently ready to leave, the smallest almost completely down 
covered. A half-fealher young was under plywood nearby and an older 
young under Seaevola on top of the bunker. Scattered about in the 
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same area under Seaevola and in good burrows were six others which I 
handled - all unhanded. There was considerable evidence, on the East 
and South parts of the island, of considerable burrowing? With the 
tunnels covered in. Whether this was done this year I don't know. 
Having found so many birds I discontinued looking but recorded several 
in the weedy area in the central part of the Island and several under 
Scaewola on the south part. Most of the these were found while handling 
young tropiebirds » I handled 17 young birds plus the dead adult. 
I made no attempt to determine species. 
Dr. Fisher told me very emphatically 
nesting and had all left (July - August 
weren't any on the Island. I found the 
head on head, nape and neck) under 
Did not see a burrow. Hie next bird 
