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A A iQPPP J - . sIaarl t _, June 1 ?-I9 . 1923 ; Common Put loss abundant than on IT ill o a. The birds 
have eggs scattered about over the slopes most of them showing slight traces of 
incubation. I saw one instance where two eggs had rolled together and one bird was 
incubating both. 
.20 1 192? : About 3000 pairs here. The calls of these birds echo along the rock- 
cliffs at nightfall with a wierd cadence that is ghostly in the extreme _ 
EX ma., Isl^d^,?reAch frigate Shoa ls ^, Jime 22-23, 1923 : About 50 pairs on Hound Island, 
nbcut 1?50 pairs preparing to breed on king Island. Many of the birds have eggs now 
°* i Is-Land ana at dusk great numbers of others come in from the sea until they 
-Coo «.n lit tie groups over the enoire land surface. Plating is still taking nls,ce 
- —Wastage among the eggs is considerable as many are laid at random. 
I was amused in watering a lernale with what was evidently her first egg. She had 
laid it and knew that she was supposed to do something with it. She rolled it about 
on uhe sand wi on her oill and pulled it under her breast. This was uncomfortable 
so she worked forward finally falling off and leaving the egg undovered. This 
process was repealed half a dozen times until' she rested tired out a few feet away, 
dune, 24, 1923 : 20 pairs noted on Little G-in Island. 
^ 1 ... 19^3 , • 50 pairo on.xrig Island, p0 pairs on Skate island, 500 pairs on 
dhale island. All with eggs. 
June 27, 1923 : 50 pairs at la, Perouse Hock 
1?23 .: 250 pairs on Tern Island. Many eggs scat tered about in burrows 
or on the ground. 
hecJier Island. June 29. 1923 : Ho change 
