Notes-Birds-Necker Island 
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Sooty Tern- (sberna f uscata) 
June 17-19, 1923 
June 20, 1923 
June 29, 1923 
(Wejraiore)- Abundant. Eggs to grown young noted. They have the 
same trick of rushing down the slopes in early morning in a screaming 
mass noted on Nihoa. 
(Wet more)- about 15 ? 000 pairs. Many are laying and others have 
young. 
(Wetmore)- many young awing. 
Gray-backed Tern (Sterna lunata) 
Wot es-Birds-Becker Island 
June 17-19, 1923 
June 20, 1923 
(Wetmore)- Abundant, eggs and grown young seen nesting on 
ledges of cliffs and in open slopes of island. 
(Wetmore)- About 4000 pairs nest here. The young wander abofit 
the rocky slopes often tumbling head first over the ledges 
with no apparent harm. A good many are now in full first 
plumage but are loath to fly. 
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus) 
Botes - Birds- Becker Island 
June 17-19, 1923 (Wetmore)- Common. Besting on open slopes. Eggs 
June 20, 1923 (Wetmore)- About 3,000 pairs. 
June 29, 1923 (Wetmore)- Bo change 
Black Noddy (Anous tenulrostris) 
Notes-Birds- Becker island 
June 17-19, 1923 (Wetmore) - About 100 pairs nesting in clefts in the cliffs. 
Blue-gray Noddy (Procelsterna cerulea) 
Notes-Birds- Becker Island 
June 17-19, 1923 
June 20, 1923 
June 29, 1923 
k-> 9 
(Wetmore)- Common. Besting season here farther advanced as all 
young seem to be awing. This species frequents little caves and 
overhanging ledges and does not come out in the high open slopes 
Many seem now to spend the day at sea and return to roost at 
night. At nightfall they are common about camp but few are seen 
during the day. 
(Wetmore)- About 400 pairs. 
(Wetmore)- Bo change. 
White Tern (Gygis alba) 
Notes-Birds- Becker Island 
June 17-19, 1923 -(Wetmore)- Common. Eggs and young. 
June 20, 1923 (Wetmore)- About 400 pairs. 
June 29, 1923 (Wetmore )-mNo change. 
