Herring Gull (Lotus argent at ub vegae ) 
* Current Status : Accidental* 
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One was seen at sea near the island, and presumably the same bird was 
collected on the east beach in February 1963. 
Range : Breeds in Siberia from the eastern side of the Taimyr Peninsula to 
the Gulf of Anadyr. Winters south to Kamchatka, the Kuriles, Japan, the 
Ryukyus, central China, Formosa, and the Bonin Islands. Found casually in 
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western Alaska, the ALeutians, and British Columbia. 
POBSP Specimen: TJSNM 493353, 97, 14 February 1963. 
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Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) 
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Current Status : Breeds annually in large nuribers* 
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Prior Records: The species vas not found "by Xseribeck on Lisianski in 
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March 1828 (Kittlitz, op. cit.). In late June I 89 I Palmer found it the 
most abundant species on the island (Rothschild, op. cit.). Many small 
nestlings were present. One colony of about 1000 birds was forming at the 
island in March 1915 (Munter, op. cit.), but they had not begun to nest. 
Wetmore (unpub. notes, 1923) found a colony of about 250 pairs, mostly 
with eggs, nesting in the grass tract at the northern end of the island. 
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About 2000 birds were present in March 1954 (Richardson, pers. comm.). 
In March 1961 WoOdside and Kramer (op. cit.) noted large numbers circling 
over the central part of the island, but nesting had not yet begun. 
Population : The species has been found on each POBSP visit to the island. 
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ITo population estimate was made on the first visit in March 1963 , but large 
numbers were circling over the island at night. In March 1964 an estimated 
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75 000 birds were circling over the island, but only a tenth of them were 
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sitting on the ground. In August of that year an estimated 160,000 adults 
