#c. 
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 3 it doesn't seem 
worth while to report estimates of numbers except in reference to previous 
«■ 
trips. 
Species Population Size Banded 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Same July, 64 6 
Christmas I. Shearwater 
Phoenix Island Petrel 
White-throated Storm Petrel 
it 
tr 
Ped-tailed Tropicbird 
Blue-faced Booby 
Brown Booby 
Ped-footed Booby 
Great Frigatebird 
Lesser Frigatebird 
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 
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 
10 million + 24,450 
more than in 
October, 1964 
Same as July, 1964 
i» 
Less Oct, 1964 
Same as July, 64 
ti 
6 seen 
2,262 
4 
i 
Collected Blood Samples 
19 
15 
38 
26 
52 
TOTAL 26,767 1° ^ < 150 
More detailed counts and estimates of breeding status are available in 
the field notes. 
