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2 plants on the island over a foottall. There are many house flies 
on the island. Roaches, termites lady “bird beetles spiders and moths 
are also found on the island. 
There is a rge sooty tern colony toward the northern end of the 
island, certainly several thousand. The majority of the chicks are 
fledger!, hut few are flying, on the northeast beach is a flock of 
several thousand immature frigates, but I have only seen about 200 
adults on the island, end these usually roost in the dead trees behind 
the light house. There ar&several hundred masked boobies nesting around 
the island, mostly near the beach, but soe inland also. There are 
perh bps 100 brown boobies nesting among the msRked, end there are 
some interesting redfooted boobies nesting in the deed trees in the 
center of the island. Their feet ere bright red, the whole upper wings 
end mantle ere brown, the body is white but the heed is cream colored 
rather than white. These birds are sitting on eggs and chicks, so there 
is little question about their maturity. 
We have noted some small groups of gray-backed terns in the 
air about the island, but they do not appear to be nesting now. I 
have also noted some similar looking terns in the air, but their 
cries are quite different fros either the gray-back or the Booties. 
We have seen a few golden plover, wandering tattlers, and probably 
a oalr of whimbrels, but have sighted no other birds today. 
We spent the afternoon wandering around the island looking for 
birds and taking photographs. 
When Bob end I came ashore this morning we were amazed to sen 
two ferql cats race across the town enclosure. We found much evidence 
