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Li siansW Island. Mrv 16-19. 1923 : PairJy common at dusk. One captured on the wing 
by means of a hand net was not at all alarmed. 
IT ill o a Island. Kay .24-2,61.9,23, : Seen from ship 
June 11-16 : Abundant . These birds now have eggs. Incubating females may he found 
in any rock ledge by raising the flat stones or peering into the crevices. Males 
as well as females incubate. One egg is laid. Two were seen attempting to cover 
shearwater eggs. Most nested under cover but a few were found wholly exposed. 
Meeker Island, June 17-20. 1923 : Common nesting as at Mihoa. The barking calls 
of these birds muffled and amplified by the rock caves * surrounding our camp had a 
supernatural sound at night inducing the statement by a visitor ashore for the night 
that he heard the spirit dogs of ancient Eawaiians. 
Tern Island, french Private Shoals, June 25. One token with an egg under a flat board. 
June 27. 1923 : Common on La Perouse hock. 
Meeker Island. Jnne 29 ; Abundant. 
June 30. 1923 : Seen at sea off Mihoa. 
July 8. 1923 : Seen at sea en route to Johnston Island. 
Joins ton Island. JuLy 10-19 : Common, nesting in the rock ledges along the beach where 
I hear their barking calls day and night. They are more advanced in their breeding here 
than farther north as they have young from a week old to those growing contour feathers. 
The small young are as usual in petrels very fluffy with heavy downabout the head that 
almost hides the eyes. Young beginning to molt into first plumage appear much larger 
than the adult and in reality are heavier because of the heavy layer of greasy fat 
that covers the entire body. They remain hidden in the ledges during the day 
but at night come out into the open shuffling about on the breast. At day they seek 
shelter when exposed to light. 
