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Johnston . B. v. 
1964 
24 Apr >7 eke I sland 
settled dowa. ' nether they are now nr ere «oln,y to nest, we do not know. 
Went on out to Feele i s. ternary where I used a 25 ft. frame 
as a quadrat to #et density of "oot Item nests . look 105 quadrats 
and the average qpsts/25 2 or 32 .7 fatr!" is a greater density th&n we 
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got in the Tit per Ft . colony yesterday. 
*1853. Pluv l?p 1 i h d orrdn ica . testis 7 w*. 190.5 g. Essentially 
breeding plumage. Wing 176 to, Molt nearly comulte. 
^1854. Pin v iells d om in lea . 7 fol. less than 1 vm. 155.7 g. ing 166 
mm. Essentially winter plumage with ca. 2 dos. “black spots on belly. 
Heavy molt. Outer rectrices all solid gray-brown. & side air strip 
Tonight it rained between 7—9, then the rnoon came out very bright so banding 
terns was out of the question. We went out to the v ukn Pt . colony 
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about 10, though, and succeeded in killing 2 cats feed in g in or near 
the colony. One the way out we saw at least 5 Golden ^lovers beside 
the road; they w re wary and usually flew as the headlights hit them. 
Density of Gnoty Terns on Peala Island c&^e out to be about 2 00 ,000 
r birds. The area on Fealo occupied by these terns was about 45 X 700 yds 
or 285,500 ft." 
25 Apr Weather again ver' T pleasant in morning on way out to Kuku Point we saw 
only one ^olden Plover beside the airstrip. At old submarine channel 
there were 25 frigate-birds sitting on a wire between two w telephone roles* 
but they flew readily as I approached. At huku Point £ ooty T ern colony 
