-■— Annotated List 
LISE AW SKI 
BLACK NODDY - 
Li^ 22 (March 1968 - cont.) 
All larger and medium sized chicks that could be reached 
(evidently all) in the north-west Casuarina group were 
banded and their culmen lengths recorded so that future 
visits could collect known age young in various plumage * 
stages. Wing lengths were taken where short .enought to 
make it,feasible with direct reading calipers. 46-58 were 
banded in the middle NW Casuarina, 59 was banded in the 
southernmost shrub of the group of three trees. The data 
is given below 
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Band Number 
Size of 
Young 
Culmen 
Length 
Wing 
Length 
652-49746 
mdo 
19.3 
64 
53 
lc 
27.4 
>100 
47 
lc 
27.2 
>100 
54 
lc 
28.9 
>100 
G 
48 
mdc 
l6.6 
51 
55 
lc 
27.5 
>100 
49 
mdc 
17.1 
4i 
56 
mdc 
21.1 
66 
50 
lc 
24.7 
>100 
57 mdc 
17.1 
34 
51 
lc 
23.4 - 
>100 
58 
lc 
26.1 
>100 
52 
lc 
24.2 
>100 
59 
lc 
24.4 
>100 
lc s large chick, mdc • medium downy chick 
In passing I should note that the northwesternmost 
Casuarina in the group of ttpree at the northwest beach 
contained only 2-3 nests, none of which appeared to be 
occupied. The Casuarina tree near the coconuts had no 
roosting or nesting birds at all (although some may have 
roostecj. there nocturnally) The Southwestern Casuarina 
was not v checked. 
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Found another Hawaiian ^oddy colony in small, low, half 
dead Scaevola 150 feet north of the. Casuarinas at the 
northwest beach. All nests in this colony were less than 
three feet above ground. A count of all nests revealed . 
a total of 24 nests with contents 17 ( 71 $ with eggs, 
5 (21 io ) with small downy young (birds presumably not 
more than a week old and some certainly recently hatched) | 
1 ( 4 °!o ) medium downy young and 1 (4 <fo ) large ’chick j 
with flight feathers well grown. It seems clear(even 
if large chicks are eliminated from consideration) that 
this colony, so close to the Casuarina colony was definite 
ly later in its origin and laying peak! (Conclusion derived 
from comparison of percentage figures. v 
| ! I .11. v. 
Subsequently found 2 very small n colonies n In the northwestj 
corner of the island, both in^low Scaevola. One contained 
2 eggs and 2 small downy young, the other contained 3 eggs. 
Another small colony near the more open area north of 
camp n the northwest dune^ ?f contained three eggs. 
Still another colony was found In high, partially dead 
Scaevola In this same n northwest dunes area ?f (An area 
where there were many patches of open sand between clumps \ 
of Eragrostis and Scaevola and just this side of the 
beginning of the north reef rocks). I estimate that about [ 
35 active nests (that is nestz with contents or with young 
birds) were present and got a partial count which gave a f 
total 26 nests , 19 ( ) with eggs, 4 ( ) with small 
downy chicks, 2 { ) with medium downy eM&ks, and 
1 ( ) large chick. 
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