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physical condition, skinny with sparse peloge. The sexes of the five today 
were 4 9 and one The mele was a very large and healthy looking animal 
compared to the rest we have kllied though he was taken with a young 
female which was al'olp in pretty good shape. The large male was in "breed¬ 
ing condition; tubules of c*nda epididyuim very much enlarged. His 
stomach was filled with fish, some of the skin even looking like Moray 
eel, and bird remains. The female with Him# had 18 skinks in her stomach. 
There were no placental scar visible, the uterus was white ^nd placid. 
Both she and the *male had yellow fat in the meseuteries. The other 3 
females were thin and gaunt, with no excess fat in the meseuteries, Jf!X 
could not detect placeutel scars in any of them. Their uterus were all pale 
and placic. The stomach of one was empty, a second had same bird feather 
(^white) and grass, and the third had 7 skinks. None of these today have 
had fecal pellets as dry as those noted in the male last night. I have 
not noted any intestinal or stomach parasites of macroscopic size. 
Tonight Mat, Bob and I walked around the island, looking for birds 
and cats. We found more of the latter, collecting 10 individuals, 6tf and 
4 9. Most of these animals were in fairly /rood condition. One 9, whose 
condition was poor, had powdery faces and only one waif spider in her 
stomach. I noted no signs of breeding in the 9‘s, but all but one of the 
tf‘ a had enlarged cauda epididymus tubules. Food of these enamels are as 
follows: 9 33 skinks, one mouse (saved), one spider and ne crab; 9 10 
skinak and bird remains; 9 8 geckos and 5 skinks; <f 10 skinks; d" one skink 
one young noddy and fish; <f one moray and one young noddy? cf one young noddy 
9 one spider* <$ one crab, bird regains; <f empty. 
We took blood samples from ell the cat®. The noddy colony did 
not seem any 
