Enderbury 
Mammals 
Novenber l6-20^ 19^3 
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Nov. 16, 1963 
(Sibley) Summary: ’’Cats only - one per night - jumpy." 
(Bratley) Saw four cats which were very scared. 
July ll~l6, 1963 
(Sibley) Summary: Cats not seen for first two nights 
and then 2-3 seen each night thereafter. 
February 29^ 1964 
(Huber): "...and chased one cat down." 
March 2^ 1964 
(Sibley) Summary: "One cat run to death." 
July l4, 1964 
(Sibley) "Huber shot one of two cats seen. A third cat 
seen during day in Red-footed Booby Colony." 
July 15 j 1964 
(Sibley): "Huber killed one yellow female in buildings 
near lighthouse by digging it out. I killed one gray 
female (6 developing fetuses) near the tern colony. It 
ran only a short way before giving up," 
July 16, 1964 
(Sibley) Pers. com. - no cats seen. 
October, 1964 
(Sibley) No cats seen. 
Feb. 12-17, 1965 
(Hackman) "During the first portion of the island survey 
two dead birds were found on which the breasts had been 
eaten off. No other parts of these two birds had been 
eaten off. This looks suspiciously like the work of a 
cat." 
May 30“J^ne, I965 
(Fleet) Spam Island - collected 8 rats Rattus exulans 
Oct. 1-3, 1965 
No mammal report at all 
April 1966 
Reports that previous SIC trips have exterminated all 
mammals from island. 
