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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
DIVISION OF BIRDS 
Bi-Weekly Bird Summary Report 
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1) Total Survey Unit: Howland Island 
(2) ObserverC s): ^TF 27 
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3) YEAR: 1965 (M MONTH: Febimary 
(5) PERIOD: ^p^jpcoaa^^ February 1-2 
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(9) 
(7) (8) Rel. 
6^ Suedes Date Number Class 
(10) (11) 
No . of Rel . 
Nests Class 
Returns Recoveries i 
( 13 ) (HO (15) 
(12) No. of iiadc. Agacx±3t±ocmxg 
_Date , . Young _7^^3ridbc&feQdxbc, 
Specimens 
( 17 ) (18) 
(16) Young Others 
Qb±x Banded Banded 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
3 
0 
2 
Blue-faced Booby 
900 
9 
64 
179 
2 
1 
55 * 
• 1 . 1 
69 
Brown Booby 
80 
17 
16 
-- 
6 
2 
Red-footed Booby 
50 
7 
5 
. 
- 
2 
0 
Greater Frigate 
100 
63 
4 
9 
1 
0 
j 
10 
Lesser Frigate 
11500 
0 
1500 
1 
0 
0 !| 
! 
Sooty Tern 
75000 + 
30000 
* 
3000 
37 
1-Bio Surv 
38-312056 
8 
0 
11866 
Gray-backed Tern 
130 
* 
50 
0 
• 
0 
36 
Common Noddy 
6 
0 
1 
1 
2 
Bristle-thighed Curlew 
10 
• 
» 
Wandering Tattler 
16 
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Golden Plover 
76 
* 
2 
Ruddj* Turnstone 
79 
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