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Johnston . T>. V. 
1964 ~ 
1? Apr Wake Island 
Up before dawn . Went down to edge of ocean to look at intertidal 
life — mostly corals, some tub e-building 1 worms, several kinds of snails 
end for conchs, crebe , etc. nly an occasional '* oo r Tern flew overhead. 
All this morning it w* 8 orrtly cloudy, about 80°, and a stiff K wind; 
Went to the brackish pond ?t runway: rob noted 3 ducks end menaced to shoot 
1. It -was » 8 oveier in 9 plum* ge with conspicuous orange-yellow legs, 
feet, i nd bill, ’’olden Plovers were again everywhere, but rarely grouped 
into a flock. On the edge of the lagoon there wa " *• single Wandering 
Tattler , about 6 ?■ uddv 'urns tones , and innumerable fiddler crabs with 
reddish chelae and black carapaces. One Uoddy flew over, in end ‘round 
a concrete remains were 2 species of gecko and 1 skink. 
#1828. Pluvial is dominies . c? 1 scentlRllv winter plumage — only a few 
black spots on breast. Very sparse head, neck ?nd flank molt. Tnterfurcular 
area not full of fat. Wing 156 mm. Testis 3 mm. 127.0 g. 
#1829. luvla l ia dorr in ice . < ' ’Essentially breeding plumage— mostly black 
underparts line above eye pure white. Appears to be somewhat fatter 
than 1828. Wing 167 mm. Testis 7 mm. 146.9 g. 
This afternoon we went back to the brackish water pond where there were some 
15 A olden i lovers and 5-7 b uddy j nrristones . It was high tide at 45 30 so 
water in the lagoon was high. Still, around its edges on the bare sand 
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or mats of purslane ( Hesuvlum ) were numerous Golden -lovers „ a few Wandering 
Tetti e rg ,. and a teal (sp.?). Of ell the plovers seen today, about 2 54 
are In the neer^bree* In# pltwraee. 7n4 look like winter-plur^e^ed birds. 
A *’t er " ? .ark about B p.m. we went out to Fuku Ft. On the way at 
the *•! 1 d ~p&e Fuel Farm (lar#** storage tanks) we were erected by a moderate 
