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’ ' a Progress Report — Christinas Island 
During our five day stay, camps were established on all three or the major islanas 
in the lagoon; a tour of the island was made; and a short trip was made to NW point. 
Work here was complicated by failure of responsible parties to notify island of our 
visit, Mr, Roberts, District Commissioner, went out of his way to help and made 
our field work much more successful. 
The ship had to wait an extra day for parts and with the rather tenuous communica- 
tion system we didn’t learn this until too late and returned to the ship a day early. 
Communication was complicated by lack of land transport, great distances, and 
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A total of 7689 birds of 11 species were banded, 31 birds were collected, 30 blood 
samples were taken and several mammals and numerous insects were collected. This 
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information is broken down under the four major areas worked 
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Cook Island 
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One night was spent here by the whole party and a second night by 1 member. Of the 
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15 species recorded 8 were breeding. 2033 birds of 8 species were banded. One 
porpoise skeleton was collected. 
Species 
Chirstmas Island Shearwater 
Phoenix Island Petrel 
Rod-tailed Tropic Bird 
Bristle-thighed Curlew 
Sooty Tern 
Hawaiian Noddy 
Fairy Tern 
Crested Tern 
Banded 
Returns 
Pot, of 1 
114 
2 
15 
12 
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15 
21 
20 
1 
10 
1600 
20 
81 
3 
200 
2 
15 
4 
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Kotu Tabu 
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Population 
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One night was spent here by two party members. Of 15 species recorded 
breeding, 783 individuals of 4 species were banded. 
Species Banded Returns 
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Wedge-tailed hearwater 
■stnas Island Shearwater 
R.T, Tropic Bird 
Pet, of Population 
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