TABLE 2 Blood sample number, Tick incident rate and banding status 
for Lisianski Island, lh-17 July 1965* 
Species 
Blood 
Samples 
Laysan Albatross 1 
Black-footed Albatross 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 36 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
Adult 
Young 
Blue-faced Booby 5 
Adult 
Young 
Brown Booby 
Adult . . 
Young 
Red-footed Booby 
Adult 1 
Young 
Greater Frigatebird 
Adult 7 
Immature 
Nestling 
Sooty Tern 
Adult U 5 
Immatures 
Nestling 
Gray-backed Tern 
Adult 
Young 
Common Noddy Tern 
Adult 
Young " 
Hawaiian Noddy Tern 
Adult 
Nestling 
Fairy Tern 
Adult 
Nestling 
9 
Tick Incident 
rate 
125 birds examined 
. all negative 
8 birds examined 
all negative 
120 birds examined 
all negative 
No•' Banded 
Returns 
12 birds examined 
(ad.&chicks) all neg 
100 adults - all neg. 
150 examined-IiO with 
soft ticks- U adults 
with hard ticks* 
11 
7000 
55 birds examined 
all negative 
25 examined - 3 with 
soft ticks 
25 birds examined- 6 
with soft ticks 
under wings (nest in Casaurina) 
5 birds examined 
1 with soft ticks 
17 
oral ge tagged 
* Due to rain, specimens of both hard and soft ticks were lost. 
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