SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 
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Phoenix Island progress Report 
s were spent here. Continuous moonlight throughout the night 
siblo to band certain species. Rough surf conditions reduced boat 
from ship. 
Birds 
Twenty species wore recorded of which nine wore nesting. Sooty Terns were 
much less numerous than at McKean although they were at approximatley the same 
stage of the breeding cycle. 4705 individuals of 13 species were banded and 
3 46 returns were obtained from 7 species. This data is summarised below. 
Species 
Banded 
Returns 
Pet. Pop. Handled. 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
2183 
18 
30 
Christmas Is. Shearwater 
203 
«n 
20 
Audubon 1 s Shearwater 
6 00 
11 
40 
Red, Tailed Tropic Bird 
2 
- 
15 
Bluc-faeed Booby 
284 
300 
50 
Broom Booby 
4 
- 
10 
Red-footed Booby 
30 
11 
30 
Lesser Frigate 
4 
0.5 
Golden Plover 
1 
- 
1.5 
Bristle-thighed Curlew 
1 
2 
Sooty Torn 
1180 
- 
4 
Common Noddy 
99 
- 
10 
Fairy Tern 
42 
- 
15 
Blue- gray Noddy 
6 
1 
0.7 
Fifty five birds of 3 species were collected. 
Ibrmals : Rabbits were very common. Three were collected. 
Insects : Collections were made from all plants and habitats. Six Berlizi samples 
were taken. 
Blood Sonnies: 89 samples were obtained from 103 birds and 10 rabbits. 
Plants : The same seven species observed on the lasttrip were again recorded. 
