Sundell, Robert A. 
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bird colony due to the collecting activltes for the live bird shipment 
but it is obvious that it had an effect. An interesting behavioral 
trait was noted in four C 
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Noddies that were caught and banded. 
.» bird that was blinded by the beam fro® the headlamp but was obviously 
wide awake would stretch its neck and open its bill and extend its 
tongue. Bale whole procedure is repeated several times as the bird 
cranes its head and neck and then flies. Ho sound fro® the bird is 
audible. 
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November 8 —Word 
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was passed to me by one of the members of the crew that 
Jeff (the older of the two dogs belonging to the station had killed 
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eighteen shearwater chicks along the southeast edge of the bird colony. 
This was the area where Bushman collected very heavily and it seems 
likely that these were chicles that had recently lost their parents and 
were therefore starving to death. 
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About ojX5 p *m* 1 discovered Jeff killing one of the immature 
frigatebirds east of the transmitter building. I kicked him so hard 
that it knocked both of us down. According to several members of the 
crew he has been killing birds for many years and is not likely to stop. 
I enlisted the support to two crew members who frequently take the dogs 
with them on trips around the island in discouraging bird killing by 
the dogs. 
NOv^berjl,—The entire Island was surveyed between 8 and 11:15 a.m. 
with the following results: Shearwater two (X chick almost 
completely feathered out with natal down only around the head and neck 
was observed out of its burrow flapping its wings in bright sunlight; 
