Johnston , D. 
1964 
10 
16 Apr 
ke Igl? nd 
black except for * brownish throat* A ong the l&goon edge I was Impressed 
by the concentric sones of plants. 
All alone* the airstrip end occasionally beside the road were scattered plovers. 
Probably there err 150-P00 of these plovers on the island. 'Any are still 
rather evenly spaced out &long the airstrip, as they c re apparently 
all winter. Perhaps these constitute winter territories. At noon we 
went back to Knku oint. Oyer the Fuel Far r we noted the usu 1 masses of 
»- ooty Tarns overhead. hen some distance away and partly over the ocean 
we saw some all-white birds, about 5 of them at first. These turned out, 
(se« \ llfcitfaj- 
to be 1 ed« - taile»" ? ro'hc 5 rds and at least 1 P ite - ta i l ed hr O', ic ! ird , ^ t 
a little later on, tropicbirds numbered probably as many as 10 over the 
point, but it was hard to count them because they wheeled and sailed so 
far so fast. We got to the point at a /rood low tide and waded out to 
the rocks where the Common Kiddies were nesting* here were 11 ne&ts 
on the one roc % : birds were easily photographed and each, egg was measured. 
Vent over £nd photographed ^rown 'boobies * In some cases one was incubating. 
When I got too close one parent would seise a twig in its bill, s 
