Black-footed ablbatrosses - about 100 dadults no large colonies or dense 
nesting areas, chicks fledging very few adults seen in daytime, 
wedge-tailed shearwaters- very common, moaning everywhere, nesting in 
thick undergrowth beneath scaevole, digging burrows, in pairs on ground, no 
eggs seen, did not dig up anh nests gonads in excellent breeding condition. 
Chrltmas Island Shearwaters - 4 or 5 seem some during daylight, flying. 
Bonin Island Petrels- several seen at night. No Sooty or Bulwer's petrels 
seen. 
Frigate-birds - 800 to 1000. nesting some with eggs no young' seen, several 
colonies, commonly seen throughout day. 
Red-footed boobies- about 1000, some nests with eggs (not many) one bird 
collected with egg in oviduct, commonly seen throughout day. 
Masked boobies - about 100, nesting only in vicinity of antemae field anrl 
buildings no eggs uhhatched some large yougn down none fledgeing same 
small young newly hatched. 
Brown boobies- 50 - 100, seen mostly on beach or in air. one collected had 
freatly enlarged oviduct no nests found. 
Tropic-birds - probably 1000 pairs, about l/2 of birds caught on ground 
were on eggs, a few had small downy chicks common during daytime, most nest 
along beach edge or runway, none in open or antemae field or too deep in 3 cae- 
vola. 
Caramon noddies- common possibly 500, common during daylight on beaches and 
sandbars, more plentiful at night. Some roost on radar tower, no nests 
found. 
Hawaiian noddy - not too common during daylight, abundant at ngith roosting 
on scaevole. Possibly 5000. (near radar to\w er). 
Gray-backed terns- 100+ on east end of island. Starting to sit on ground 
no nests, in breeding condition. 
