Gray-backed Tern 
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On Lisianski relatively few were seen. These were confined to the 
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edges of the Sooty Tern colony. Only adult and fully-feathered immatures 
were seen; most of the latter already flying. On Laysan the number was 
much greater and the birds were scattered along segments of the Sooty Tern 
colony and along the beach outside the Scaevola fringe. Young birds ranged • 
from half-grown on up to flying age. The birds were often prone to form 
small aggregations along the outer rim of Scaevola on the beaches at night. 
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Common Noddy Tern 
Birds were distributed uniformly over much of the area of both islands 
wherever shrubbery grew. Nests were found both in the Scaevola and other 
shrubs and on the ground under Scaevola . The ground nests were very frail 
in comparison to those built in shrubbery. The nesting cycle was comparable 
on both islands and ranged from half-incubated eggs to young on the. wing. 
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' Hawaiian Noddy Tern 
On Lisianski the population was mainly concentrated along the North 
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side of the island in the few Casuarin a trees and in areas of Scaevola where 
the shrubbery grew over 8-10 feet high. Nesting was well along with young 
ranging from half-grown to flying immatures. Status was similar in all 
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respects on Laysan except that the birds were more widely distributed over 
the island, probably due to the more widespread clumps of high shrubbery. 
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Fairy Tern 
This species was not very abundant on either island but was definitely 
