MDERBUET 
■birds 
annotated list 
GBSSAT FEIOATIBBIia) 
July 11-16, 1963 —Sibl^: "large colony in open patch of trees. Scattered 
in dividuals over rest of"green pasture" area. Small stick nests. 
955 nestlings 'banded. Males with considerable white on chest. Feet 
often Ifcoo small for 7B band. Ocanplete nest count made — 665 nests 
with eggs, 735 with chlckSa 955 nestlings> Total 2355# __ 
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SihleyJ *^Mults 'uncommon. About l/4 enough (for number 
of) nests seen. Concentrated in large colony on West Side with a 
few scatterred around the island. Nest survey —• 46 nests with eggs* 
none with small young, 387 large young, (63 of these still in 
white downS). 2 immatures and 356 nestlings banded# __ 
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Feb. 27- Mar. 2, 1964 — Sibley: "Bstimated 1^00-2000. 77 nests with eggs, 1 small 
yo'ung, 1 large young. 100*s of fresh nests. Males with throat 
pouches inflated. 2 returns and 19 recoveries.** 
Feb. 28, 1964 Clapps ** census run of Greater Frigate colony. Most nests 
contained nothing and the majority of males had expanded throat 
pouches. ** **0ne newly laid frigate egg laid in nest in trees to 
southeast. " (Laid since out airiyal and the first nest in this 
__ particular area to produce an eea. ) __ 
July 14—17, 1964” ——— Sibley summary ; "Scattered colonies all along west side 
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with the major colony at the tree cluuip on west side. Most of 
young small. Hests in open were only a few inches off the ground 
in Slda, Poxtulaca . or other sli^t elevation. 50 males and 
50 females "banded. Hest ®ount : 
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Area 1 Tree colony Bast of area Total 
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785 
600 
641 
1385 
1204 
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126 
2152 
Estimated 5000 adults 
