Lehner 
196 
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Nov, l8 
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Pvorr the little any of us saw of the island 
it is difficult to determine bird populations; 
the most nr eminent tree is the coconut nalm 
v’h i c h h arb or s m avb e ^ne Hawed. i an K o d d y nest 
everv IS to 20 trees; the -people move about 
the island and are rositive discouragement to 
bird nonulations - they are not adverse to 
eat inn birds when tiey are available - therefore 
ground nesting suedes have very little chance - 
did see Common Noddy chicks * however « indicating 
that they were nestinm somewhere in limited 
'“Timbers near the villa ere; there are a few Fairy 
Terns, and some Pacific P n ’ moons: shoeebirds are 
nresent in g:ood1r r numbers and had we had th^ time 
to survey the benches well* we migh t have turned 
rt> some unusual species: Hawaiian Noddies are 
the only birds that one might call numerous 
and their numbers probably do not exceed one 
thousand# 
