BLACK NODDY ----Annotated List 
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Summary of molt data : Of 17 birds examined for wing 
molt , 2 (12 $) had fresh primaries, 1 (59 $) Nad not 
yet begun to molt, and the rest were molting in the 
primaries ( 13(76 $). Of the 13 molting birds all showed 
a normal progression of molt (except for slight differences 
between wings) but one bird, the return 923-19192. 
This bird was peculiar in that it showed an apparent 
discontinuity in one wing (the left) and apparently normal 
molt in the other. The right wing had the first four 
(inner) primaries new, the next dropped, and the rest 
appearing old. The left wing was similar except for the 
outer outer three feathers which appeared definitely 
newer than the three preceding feathers. 
In molting birds, primary molt scores ranged from 
20-9^ hut most (9 of 13 -69 $>) had molt scores between 
50 and 80. The mean of all birds in molt (excepting 
the bird with odd molt) was a FMS of 57 *while the mean 
for all birds examined (excepting as above) was a FMS 
score of 59 • 
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The mean for 9 molting birds on Laysan was a FMS score 
of 75 and the mean for all 16 birds examined was a 
PMS score of 86 
One bird banded on Sept 3? an adult was a partial 
albino. In the bird the innermost two right tertials 
were white or partially white. The innermost was pure 
white with a white Vane while the feather next to it was 
mostly white with an elliptical dull grey-brown center. 
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gept. 2 j Non-breeding Black Noddies were seen in smaller • 
numbers than Brown Noddies in most locations where the 
two species roosted together. An occasional Black Noddy 
or two (occasionally 4 or 5) would be found roosting on 
the beach or rocks with the Brown Noddies and they regularly 
were found roosting with the Brown Noddies in the Scaevola 
along the beach rim. They appeared to be most abundant in 
the higher Scaevola on the west side of the island (from 
the fish and wildlife sign south to the southwest corner 
of the island. Fairly large groups of Hawaiian Noddies 
(to about 50 birds) roosted in each of the three groups 
of Casuarina, No active nests With ester s or young were 
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