Jame s P. Ludvig 
1965 
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isn T t being used and something other than available 
nest sites must control their numbers. Red-'' 
tailed Tropicbirds vere not observed about the 
island or attending to their chicks until 1000: 
The peak of Tropicbird activity occurred betveen 
1 J 00 and 1^00 today and I captured several adults 
on the ground vith chicks then. Went to the 
Bonin Petrel night roost at 1900; first Bonins 
overhead at 1908 , their numbers increasing 
rapidly - perhaps 100 flying about by 1915 ; 1923 
flying vithin 5 feet of their roosts; 1933 .? 
first Bonin on the ground. Bulk vere on the 
ground by 1950 although some vere still flying. 
In an hour I had captured k banded birds; three 
collected for skins. One vas taken for a 
skeleton. 
Midvay Island, September 8 
Spent much of the morn ing finishing up the 
Shearvater skins. After lunch I valked around the 
island and sav a lot of things vhich I could not 
name. Again, I am in need of a Peterson . There 
are at least five kinds of terns and noddies 
here. Three Frigatebirds vere seen. Many 
Tropicbirds as they are apparently in the height 
of their nesting nov. Many,Fairy Terns. Counted 
31 Bristle-thighed Curlevsy" many Golden Plovers/' 
and five other shorebirds vhich I did not recognize 
in their vinter plumage. One Turnstone seen<^ 
One Shorebird caught alone at the end 
of the runvay - ving on left side had been sheared 
off- saved for a skin (Golden Plover). Most 
of them at East end of the island in a trough to 
the right of the Navy Pier there. Most of the 
Terns vere on the South end of the island. 
Albatross and Boobies vere conspicuous by their 
absence. In the evening I stopped again to catch 
and vatch the Petrels. Overhead 1905, flying lo v 
over ground at 1921 , first on ground at 1931j bulk 
on the ground by 1950. This roost is located 
just behind the school vhere the grass is deep and 
underlain by sand. There vere 60 birds on the 
location by 2050, and in 2 hours I caught about 
