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where eggs have been found from March through June, and nestlings and 
immatures from April through September. 
Other Specimens : USNM 191501, no date or sexj USNM 191502, no date or sexj 
USNM 300627, cf, 18 May 1923. 
POBSP Specimen ; USNM 494124, ?, ovary 17 mm., largest ovum 2 mm., 14-7.3 
grams, 13 March 1965. 
Noddy Tern ( Anous stolidus ) 
Current Status : Breeds annually, probably resident. 
Prior Be cords } About 300 non-breeding birds were found on the island in 
March 1915 by Lt. Munter (erg. Pit .). Wetmore (unpub. notes, 1923) estimated 
about 500 pairs to be present, and found a few eggs, in May 1923* fb e 
nesting colonies vere scattered along the eastern shore and around the 
depression in the south-central portion of the island. Nests vere often 
found in the little depressions at the mouths of shearvater burrows, and 
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some had bones and feathers added to the rim. flocks also rested 
along the beach at the tide mark. Ten to 20 birds vere seen in March 1954 
by Richardson (pers. comm.). 
I bpulation : Individuals have been found on each POBSP visit. About 200 
adults vere present in March 1965, but vere not nesting. Only 25 birds 
vere noted in March 1964, but in August of that year there vere about 1600 
adults and 400 immatures. The folloving month about 27OO birds, including 
immatures, vere present. Approximately 500 adults, With some eggs and 
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nestlings, vere found in March 1965. In July of that year the survey 
reported 1000 adults and 500 nestlings. 
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Reproduction : Wetmore (unpub. notes, 1925) found a fev eggs in ground 
nests in May 1925. No eggs or nestlings vere found in March I965 or 1964, 
but both vere found in small numbers in March 1965- Nests have been found 
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