TABLE 3 Blood Sample number, tick incident rate and banding status for Laysan 
Island, 17-21 July 1965. 
Species 
Blood 
Samples 
Laysan Albatross 
Black-footed 
Albatross 
Wedge-tailed Shear¬ 
water 
Christmas Is, Shear 
water 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
Adult 
Young 
Blue-faced Booby 
Adult 
Young 
Red-footed Booby 
Adult 
Young 
Greater Frigatebird 
Adult 
Immature 
Nestling 
Sooty Tern 
Adult 
Immatures 
Nestling 
Gray-backed Tern 
Adult 
Young 
Common Noddy Tern 
Adult 
Young 
Hawaiian Noddy Tern 
Adult 
Young / 
Fairy Tern 
Adult 
Nestling, 
Laysan Finch 
Adult 
Immatures 
32 
5k 
Tick 
Incident rate 
No• Banded 
100 birds examined- all neg, 1891 
100 birds examined- all neg, 600 
200 birds examined - all neg, 1000 
8 birds examined- all neg, 
U birds examined- all neg, 
18 adults & chicks examined 
all neg. 
7 birds examined- all neg, 
12,000 
100 birds examined- 7 with hard ticks 
225 birds examined- 7U with soft ticks 
5 found with hard ticks 
18 birds examined- all neg. 
24 birds examined-8 with soft ticks 
3 found with hard ticks 
t 
15> birds examined - 2 had soft ticks 
Returns 
1 orange 
tagged 
t • 
U orange * 
tagged 
