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a breeding bird of the Tokelau Islands from his visit in 1938. He mentions 
no other records. 
The above references are the only mention of birds in the literature 
that we have found to date. 
On SIC No. 7, we collected 9 8 specimens of l4 species. This is an 
increase of 11 species above what has previously been reported. An annotated 
list follows: 
Sula leucogaster . Brown Booby. 
Specimens --2. Fakaofo: cf testes minute, 110.2 gms., moderate fat, immature. 
Atafu: c? testes 12 x 4 mm., 1033 gms., heavy fat. 
Uncommon on all of the islands. We saw six coming in to roost in the 
Pisonia trees at Fakaofo on February 2 6 . Two were observed in the evening 
on Nukononu on February 28 and three on March 1. Three Immatures were seen 
at Atafu on March 3 along with five adults. 
Demigretta sacra . Reef Heron. 
Specimens--4. Fakaofo: 9 largest ovum 6 mm., 4 collapsed follicles, old 
brood patch, 459*4 gms., light fat; 9 ovary granular, 503 gms., little fat; 
cf testis 15 x 9 mm., 565*4 gms., no fat. Atafu: 9 largest ovum 15 mm., 
508.2 gms., light fat; 9 ova minute, 403 gms. 
Common on all islands in the group. We observed both white, intermediate 
and dark phase birds. 
Fregata ariel . Lesser Frigatebird. 
Specimens — 8 . Fakaofo: cf testis 17 x 8 mm., 697*4 gms., heavy fat; o’ testis 
12 x 9 mm., 830 gms., heavy fat; cf testis 10 x 4 mm., 7 ^ 5*6 gmx., heavy fat; 
cf testis l4 x 7 mm., 711*6 gms., cf testis 11 x 7 mm., 700.4 gms., medium fat. 
Atafu: cT testis 11 x 5 mm., 739*7 gms., heavy fat; cf testis 12 x 7 mm., 
834.3 gms., heavy fat; o’ testis 15 x 8 ram., 802.0 gms. 
