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INTRODUCTION 
his is a report of bandin'* operations and ornithological observation: 
R. R. Fleet for the period September 8 to September 23 * 196)4. 
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author conducted an extensive banding program on Midway Atoll from September 
S through September l£» On September it the author was joined by Bob Long, 
project staff; Ronald Bilker, Hawaiian dish and Gams; Eugene 
- ? ish and tJildlif.e Service; and John Beardsley, University of Hawaii 
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This party* including the author* conducted an ecological survey of the 
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Leeward Hawaiian Islands, excepting Gardner Pinnacles, from September 
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nsive insect and plant collections rere made 
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hor : s purpose wr s tbgather accurate population estimates 
for each vertebrroe species present. Banding was 
objective 
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limited time 
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each island* 
willing 
coopers;ion 
was provided 
by 
the U. S. 
Coast Guard ship BASSWOOD. 
