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Brown Booby 10 Bed-footed Booby 50+ 10 Golden Plover 40 
Great Frlgatebird 175t 25 Wandering Tattler 1 Noddy Tern 350f 
An effort was wade to determine a bended to unbanded ratio for 
Noddy Terns. After careful counts in several groups of terns on the 
northeast point we decided that about one out of every ten noddies is 
tagged and banded. 
About noon three Bed-tailed Tropicbirds were observed circling over 
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the station. One bird was performing the aerial display. A second 
bird waft missing its two long central rectricea. 
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.-Two new eggs were recorded in the frlgatebird colony. 
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plants on the island 
December 11—Bhen George checked his nets at 7:30 a.ra. he had two 
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Golden Plovers which were banded and released and Black-bellied Plover 
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specimen 
/ been the same bird seen on November 27. One Red-tailed Tropicbird was 
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A survey of the island was made between 10:30 and 11:30 a.n. 
Red-tailed Tropicbird 2 Brown Booby 7 Red-footed Booby 
Golden Plover kO 
Great Frigatebird 300 Ruddy Trunsione 20 
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In the early afternoon photographing of the Sand Island flora was 
completed. A collection of snails and rock crabs was made. 
During the evening four specimens were made up into study skins 
(Black-bellied Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Golden 
Plover) In the signal building. 
