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CHRISTMAS ISLAND 
SIC # 8 
1965 
JUNE-JULY 
27-1 
Because of the large number of small areas surveyed and the impossability 
of surveying the whole island^in the short time available ? it doesn't seem 
worth while to report estimates of numbers except in reference to previous 
trips. 
Species Population Size Banded 
Collected Blood Samples 
Same July, 64 
it 
it 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
Christmas I. Shearwater 
Phoenix Island Petrel 
White-throated Storm Petrel 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 
Blue-faced Booby 
Brown Booby 
Red-footed Booby 
Great Frigatebird 
Lesser Frigatebird 
all four shorebirds same as July, 1964 
Sooty Tern 
Gray-backed Tern 
Noddy Tern 
Hawaiian Noddy Tern 
Blue-gray Noddy 
Fairy Tern 
Crested Tern 
Christmas I. Warbler 
TOTAL 
Much less than 
October 1964 ( 22 ) 
Lower -October, 1964 
Same July, 64 25 
Same Oct. 1965 2 
Same Oct. 64 
Same Oct. 64 
only 2 seen 
24,450 
\ 
10 million + 
more than in 
October, 1964 
Same as July, 1964 
" 2,262 
Less Oct. 1964 
Same as July, 64 
t« 
6 seen 
26,767 
10 
52 
150 
More detailed counts and estimates of breeding status are available in 
the field notes. s 
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