Johnston . D. ¥. R 
1964 
15 Apr About 10 e.ffi. we drove out beside the 9000 ulus ft. runway toward Euku Point. 
•‘he weather was hot, sunny end windy; we? thermen predicted a high of 
85 today. Beside the road end airstrip were 5-8 Golden Plovers . Pour 
were shot with .23 pistol end ret shot. 
#1831, Mu vial la dorp inice . 9 foil lees 1 mm, Essentially winter type 
plumage with shout 3 do*, scattered snots in breast and abdomen, C-ome 
body molt. v ing 159 mm. 146.7 g. 
*1873. Pluvlalis dominies . testis 3 mm. About 7 4 breeding* plumage . 
Wing's worn. Heavy molt. Wins* 166. 131.9 g. 
*18 "7 . Pluvia 11s dominlca . <? testis 7 rm> , About 7/ 4 breeding* plume#*. 
Win# 163 mm. Heavy molt. 145.6 g, 
#1874. Muvirii g dom inlca <f testis 3 ssr>. i as ent tally brooding plume#® 
with only a few scattered white abdominal features. Win# 165. i'oltina*. 
. 151.2 e. 
All. these birds a tpearwd to have heavy depots of int rape ri ton eel and 
subcutaneous fat. subjectively, it sterns to me that the plovers are getting* 
less common on the island, 'hit at Euku Ft. we parked the jeep beside the 
lagoon. Water was at low tide. We waded through thigh-deep water to the 
rocks on which Common Noddies nested 1? at year and on which there w4re 
a dozen or more perched today. *here were eleven nests each with one 
pale tsn eg*. Hast was a small (1.2" across) mass of sticks, very crudely 
constructed. On oth r rocks nearby Bob found 2 more nests, on one 
of which a Mown Booby was sitting. Intertidal life abounded with many 
corals, few starfish, large (12 plus M ) black see cucumbers, parrot 
fish, morays ( un to 2 * • ) , blennlen, flounder, etc. 
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This afternoon there was a noticeable decline In numbers of shcrebirds 
