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6 
ERIKUB ATOLL October 24—28 
lhe field party visited all islands in the atoll, obtaining 
bird population estimates and breeding status from each island, 
^he snip moved from island to island as each was visited. Due to 
a lack of birds for banding, eadh night was spent aboard ship. A 
total of 46 birds (Brown Boobies) were banded. Forty-eight (48) 
birds (14 species) and 5 Polynesian Rats were collected. Blood 
samples included 14 from 4 species of birds and one from rats. 
Seventeen birds were recorded (Table V), all of which are new 
records since no scientific group has visited Erikub previously. 
TABLE V. Birds recorded from Erikub Atoll, October 24-28, 1964. 
Species 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
White-tailed Tropicbird 
Brown Booby 
Red-footed Booby 
Great Frigatebird 
Golden Plover 
Ruddy Turnstone 
Wandering Tattler 
Sanderling 
Bristle-thighed Curlew 
Noddy Tern 
Hawaiian Noddy Tern 
Fairy Tern 
Crested Tern 
Black-naped Tern 
Reef Heron 
Goose (sp.?) 
Nesting Collected 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X' 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
New Records 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X ' 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
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