BLUR-FACED BOOBY 
Annotated List -- 
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^ . March 7 - 9 . 1968 
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Results 
Island. 
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lest Count of Bi.ue-laced Boobies on lihoa 
Contents 
of nest 
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- no contents 
nes 
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nests vith 2 eats 
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39 
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4-5 
12 
11 
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to 
t5 
t5 
122 
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Eggs from four 
contained 
(Two 
the 
l ru ’***'■" — ".•laaaanB-.vvr. 
wii/h one ulue-iaced Booby egg and one albatross egg 
nes ' ts were tested for degree of incubation. One 
_ . 3SS and three chained very slightly incubated eggs. 
0i “^ ei = e clutches were recent enough so that one egg tested frpfr 
other very slightly incubated). 
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Two d 
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, d kth -oe-eacec roooies were found incubating one albatross 
° oohy e SS* ine albatross egg in the one found by me (at the 
• o 8.1 mm. 
w Sw-* — —” -■ '-'V ^ — W KO i 
CC P °- bidale Valley) measured Hi.7 
+ , I S 0ne nest containing two eggs found at the top of Middle Valley 
“F e " c “ ul ( 1 S circ had gathered small pebbles on which to lay eggs - a dH- 
-nn.mnrhr^ uhe . U3Ual Da f scra P e aest site found in this species. 
Uk F''-— 3 -~- seems inescapable since such small pebbles were found in 
ln Id areaS ^i^ely surrounding the nest 
ikrruk^ primt : ve nesxs whila uncommonly constructed by Elue- 
trtkkkU; 3 are unknown. Another similar nest was found on Howland 
on . o u±.y ±.y 00 * 
mo armatures or subadults were seen during our stay and no clubs 
ares ifklhkr: k £ k lC ! °guoeturnal observations in the Miller Plat eat 
^ ^ r^^i-Uc.c^ a^ au^oma^e s oabemeirt of "their 
"w ex* 0 
absence 
