Gene Kridler to Roger Clapp 
Tape #2 
p.8 
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The Black Noddy - here we’re going to run into a problem on nomenclature since 
eterson calls it the White-capped Noddy, our Bureau especially the Banding Office 
refers to it as Hawaiian Noddy Tern, and here we’re calling it the Black Noddy Tern - 
so I think we should come to an agreement as to what is the name which is in the most 
common use in the proper name. You might want to talk to John Aldrich about this 
since these taxonomists move back and forth between minutus and tenuiristris as to 
what’s the Black Noddy, Black Noddy Tern, Hawaiian Noddy Tern and the White-capped 
Noddy Tern, so instead of putting down what Warren King thinks they should be, I 
think we should put down what authorities like Aldrich might say. 
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On your species account - page one - I would agree with you on status. This fyotk* 
might be the case with Hawaiian Noddy Tern, probably does not breed in all months V)o<W^j 
every year. On the table - 1962 - none reported by Kramer arid Beardsley - in view 
of what we saw there in July, I’m just wondering whether they were there and they 
just didn’t report it. 
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