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Johnston . D, W. r 
1964 
vsirs Islenfl 
Brown 'ooby nests, but it was still too rsrly r nd most of the adults wouldn’t 
permit capture, Did cetch % more however. One of these r & s the <? mete to 
* 5 cf-ufht lest ni^ht. She wee lyin* beside the nest deed — e bedly injured 
forehead — while the incubated the single e%e. Between 8 end 1? we bended 
1500 more : ooty T r ms in the Kuku t. colony. tbia are® was completely 
denuded of all ye^etetion but t h* eress and forbs are ^reduelly netting 
underway in ®r cond^ry succession. (This would be a fascinating study all 
by itself.) The :: oty Terns select for their nest in* erea.8 the b ; re, 
sandy areas between plants. Occasionally they.* was e nest in or under e 
l?r£e srrass clump. Tonight the nests seemed to be closer together, but 
this m&y be just imagination. On one occasion I noted 2 nest- so close 
to ether that the tail feathers of Incubating parents touched* Again, 
I saw only one 2 egg clutch. Vfe caught 14 birds wMch had been bended on 
Wake last June and July* 
15 Apr father is rather monotonous here. ‘V'here is a constant > or 51 trade 
wind, partly cloudy skies* and ana temp, in the 70 f s* Occasionally 
there is a light , brief rain shower, but , so far, we ? ve been inside during 
most of these. Isst night it did rain lightly on us while we were banding, 
but it was of little consequence. 
larly this morning (6:30) we got up somewhat wearily, soreand bruised 
from last night, and drive out to the Flipper Point ternary. On some of the 
projections, floats, etc. out in the water were at least 9 flreat, Frigate* 
birds of both sexes and « few noddies. Hear the old seaplane r^mo fob 
spotted a single lloddy nest about 20 ft. up in b tree-heliotrope* One 
adult was standing in the nest which w~ s composed of a fairly loose mass 
