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hSft 21 (Aug- Sept. f 67 cont. ) . , v 
Took data on brood patch and primary molt of Fairy Terns 
Data is given below- Symbols used are explained under 
Fairy Tern species account for Laysan Island. 
Date 
Band # 
Br.Ptch 
Right wing molt 
Other 
1. 
Sept 
112-&01 
Bare 
None 
R alone 
21 
Sept 1 
02 
Bare 
None 
R alone 
3. 
Sept 1 
03 
F 
Nom 
R /ob 
h. 
Sept 1 
oU 
Bare 
None 
R alone 
5 . 
Sept 1 
06 
Bare 
None 
R / 07 
6. 
Sept 1 
07 
Bare 
None 
R / 06 
7. 
Sept 1 
08 
BPR 
1-2(x)3(8)5-9(x)10(< 
-) Roosting 
r\ 
Sept 2 
712-51902 
F 
Molting 
*—i 
Sept 2 
03 
Bare 
None 
-_-- 
10 . 
Sept 2 
OU 
Bare 
None 
11 . 
Sept 2 
07 
F 
None 
12 . 
Sept 3 
08 
BPR 
l(pf)2-7(K)8(pf)9-ao(o) - 
13. 
Sept 3 
09 
Bare 
None 
R.s.Ca suar. 
m. 
Sept 3 
10 
F 
None 
n 
15. 
Sept 3 
11 
Bare 
None (old feathers) 
" R/ 10 
l6 . 
Sept 3 
12 
Bare 
None (old feathers) 
" R/ 11 
17. 
Sept h 
22 
F 
RP l-6(x)7(2)8-9(x)10(l) LP 10(0) 
18. 
Sept 4 
23 
Bare 
None 
R/ ob 
19. 
Sept I 4 
2U 
Bare 
Noen 
R/ 25 | 
20. 
Sept h 
25 
Bare 
None 
R/ 24 
Birds 1* 
-11 were banded in 
the vicinity of the 
beach edges 
of the southeast, south, and southwest beaches. Most were 
roosting in Scaevola. Birds 13 through 15 were roosting 
in the s outhernmost Casuarina tr ee. 
Data on molt of Returns 
Sept 1 662-06123 No molt data taken, R near immature 
Sept 3 682-U6193 BPR RP 1-U(x)5(U)6-8(x)9(2)10(x) 
LP l4i(x)5( 2 )6-?(x)8(7)9-10(0) 
R/ newly banded 712-51913 
All birds listed as banded or returned on previous page 
with molt data were listed as A-U in the little green book,/ 
Summary of molt data 
Tj 5 of 21 Fairy Terns handled (6l # 9$) had bare brood 
patches (as compared with 20 of 55 (36.h%) of Fairy Terns 
handed on Laysan in the suceeding week. This would appear 
to suggest that the Lisianski Fairy Terns were nesting 
later in greater numbers than those on Laysan although 
far fewer nests were found on Lisianski as compared to 
Laysan* 5 of 21 of these terns (23*8)$) handed onLisiasnki 
had feathered brood patches as compared with 9 of 55 (l6 e l$ 
of these terns handled on Laysan, 
This difference may no be significant since I suspect 
that some of the brood patches I classified as feathered 
on Lisianski may have instead been late instances of 
refeathering brood patches, 
Aug, 31 s Found evidence that Fairy Terns do fish at night 
Came across two birds at 1230 ( 0030) both with freshly- 
caught food in their beaks. One bird had a small (about 
2 inch) fish, the other a 4 inch squid, which it manages 
to swallow as I watched. 
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