visit and this was quickly smoothed over by the captain. 
1^431 bird of 10 species were banded as broken down below. 
Species 
Red-tailed TrooicBird 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
Christmas I. Shearwater 
Phoenix I. Petrel 
HLue-faced Booby 
Red-footed Booby 
Sooty Tern 
Fairy T rn 
Blue-gray Roddy 
Hawaiian Noddy 
Cook I 
30 
5690 
2700 
Motu Tabu 
19 
500 
400 
600 
24 
1 
349 
Motu U ;ua 
10 
500 
2300 
800 
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26 
Eastern end of 
Christmas I. 
11 
400 
12 birds of five species were collected including a Christmas Island 
Shearwater?? with considerable areas of white in the t>luma?e. 
j . o 
Twenty species of birds were recorded for the island of which 10 and 
probably 13 were breeding. 
Malden xslana 
The landing here was made under calm conditions and no trouble was 
experienced at any time. The S.I. party stayed in the old ASC? camp left from 
3-9 o2. Because of the large sise of the island considerable time was spent 
walking. An average days work required 15 miles of walking and on the last day par 
of the party covered 30 plus miles . 
Birds were very scattered with almost all species and individuals nesting 
on islands in the central lagoon. Predation by the mammal population seemed to 
be the major reason for this concentration on islands. 
