Willet’s Observations on NShbcsrp.2 
Species 
Sterna fuscata 
Ar.ous minutus 
Gvgis alba 
Willet 1 s Remarks 
Thousands nesting on Necker Is# Most of eggs were advanced 
in incubation and a number of downy young seen. 
Noted on all islands visited except French .Frigate- Shoals 
Were found nesting on Necker Is#, March 19', no young ware 
seen; thousands seen on Necker and Bird Islands# 
Sterna lunata 
Procelsterna saxatilis 
were nesting on Necker Island on steep hillsides. No young 
noted up to time we left islands# ((Check this back against 
other islands and add for each where not included—Laysan and 
Lisianski)) 
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Were very plentiful on Necker Island where they were so tame they 
flutterd around out heads# One egg noted on this date ((March 
19)) 
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Willet 1 s Observations on Nihoa p«2 
Species 
Anous minutus 
Gygis alba 
’illet • s Remarks 
Noted on all islands visited except French Frigate Shoals 
thousands seen o n Necker and Bird Islands 
Procelsterna cerulea 
very plentiful on Bird Island 
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