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here, and. § have seen several more Brolia 1 s, a Sanderling?, 
and .several days ago counted 17 Tattlers. I also shot at°a 
larger-than-Goiden Plover which was undoubtedly a Black-bellied 
Plover. There are apparently also at least 4 Curlews here also 
( Br.-thighed ): And they appear to have divided the island 
among themselves. One hangs out at the North End of the Island, 
; and a second is seen regularly to the North of Bills 
Rat Study /irea and we have flushed it several mornings, and 
I have seen it twice ICO feet North of the end of Row G. The 
third frequents the 100 yards to each side of the Radar tower 
on the West ( Lagoon ) beach, and I have seen as many as three 
in this local area at once. The fourth hangs out between 200 and 
bOO yards down the Western side of the Runway from the access 
read towards the south. I nvestigating these areas rarely fails 
to flush one or all of these birds. 
We see Sooty Terns regularly here, but they are always 
flying over, and I have not seen any on the ground: I saw 
close to 200 at the South end of the runway Septomber!13 
during my first trip here from Midway; They apparently nested 
here, but are now gone and were gone when we arrived here on 
September 20. 
10-24-63 
/‘"“NUp at 7 AM and since Bill did not nedd help this day with 
n—- ihe Rat area, I went to the tower and began a long watch. 
On the way out saw an Brolia , and about 1140 saw a smallish 
dowitcher ( Probably a Short-billed ).Watched until 1430 (with 
a break to go get the shotgun) and then went down into the 
Scaveola to photograph the Frigates. Then helped Bill set the 
traps, load dinner, and began work on the reports and proposals 
for research that Bill asked for. A busy day. Also summarized 
the days observations for the daily activity study that Bill 
waHLs* In the evening one of the const, crew men came in to 
<say?.£ka> he had seen the first gooney. Went out and after a 
uaux hour caught the first Black-foot I have yet seen. They 
are simply magnificent birds. The crew also saw two pthers* but 
wo could not find then in the evening. 
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iy again and today circled the island again looking 
or arriving gooneys and accidentals* as well as noting 
seals and fresh seal hauls. Saw no gooneys all day* 11 seals 
on the beaches in the JiM. Saw and shot another warbler* identi¬ 
cal to other which I tenatively identified as a waterthrush* and 
two more tattlers - The first I was not sure of when I shot it* 
; and the second was very small and I thought might be a Polynes¬ 
ian Tattler; But both were apparently wandering tattlers. Caught 
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