SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 
Phoenix Island - Progress Report 
The party landed here the afternoon of the 3rd and left at 6 AM on the 
6th. We worked a harder and longer schedule since we were leaving for 
Samoa on the 6th and would have several days to rest up. Late rising and 
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reduced brightness^ made banding easier than on McKean. 
Birds : 25 species were recorded of which !£ were nesting 
Banding : 5772 indivduals of 12 species were banded. 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
Christmas Island Shearwater 
Audubon's Shearwater 
Masked Booby 
Brown Booby 
Red-footed Booty 
Great Frigate 
Lesser Frigate 
Red-tailed Tropic Bird 
Sooty Tern 
Common Noddy 
Blue-gray Noddy 
695 
adult 178 
nestling 21 
500 
adult 715 
immature 59 
nestling 131 
nestling 2 
adult 22 
immature 1 
nestling 1 
adult 3 
nestling 104 
nestling 1800 
nestling 1 
adult 500 
nestling 400 
adult 83 
adult 358 
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Collecting : 5 individuals of 2 species were collected. 
Christmas Is. Shearwater 4 
Phoenix Is. Petrel 1 
