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Great Frigatebird (rregata ainor ) 
A tot a 
1 of 13 birds in April and 37 March were observed. Most o 
these were recorded outside of the grid area. Ho specimens were collecuec.. 
Ruddy Turnstone (Ar neria Interpres ) 
b-even 
incLIviduals recorded in ore group on 15 May reo.r Johns uon I-old.nl. 
No specimens vere recorded. 
Sooty ‘Tern (S terna fuscata ) 
a 
botel of 1,507 birds were recorded in April and 3,7^6 in May, 
Daring eacb month only half as many individuals were recorded vithin ob- 
grid as outside it. At least three birds in April and three in May vere 
still in Immature plumage. As in previous xnonvhs these immature birds vue 
red tagged birds vere 
observed only on the second day out of Oahu, 
seen in both months both within and outside the grid area (See Table IV). 
25 specimens vere collected. 
Grey backed Tern ( Sterna lunata ) 
As in March most of the 5 birds in April and the eO oirds in May vere 
mixed in vihh flocks of looey Terns, eventy six oe one: oirds iound in May 
vere vithin the grid area. No specimens vere collected. 
Common Noddy Tern ( Anoas stolidus ) 
Gf the lOJ birds observed in April all but one vere in one large 
0 eedir 
in flock several hundred miles southwest of Oahu. ‘The ooher ocru Vets 
inside the grid area, 
In Olay 63 birds vere recorded all outside the grid. 
One red tagged bird was observed near Johnston Island (See Table I'v). Kb 
oca cine as vere collected. 
