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I Ir-lurfrv Inland. May IS. 1923 : sites. They stand near one another, point the hill up, 
and then wave the head and neck about with a silly expression that is very ludicrous. 
One of the parents is nearly always on guard with the young at the nest* 
•- <r 19. 1923 : About 100 pairs on this island. All nesting on the ground though 
mainly concentrated near the grass plot. 
Aay 20. 1923 : Several pairs seen renting on the open seas near one another. 
Gardiner Island T May. 22 . 1923 : This booby was the most prominent of the larger 
birds. About 400 pairs nested on the island, testing varied from birds that had 
just selected nesting sites to others that had young on the wing. Perhaps half had well 
grown young. She- Por nest sites the birds congregated on the upper third of the 
islands where they were so numerous that their excrement formed whitish or yellowish 
coatings over the black volcanic rock that as we came in the first evening appeared 
light as snow. Progress up the slopes was along the ledges appropriated by the birds 
and at every step we were greeted by harsh squawks, piping whistles (males) and thrusts 
with open mouths. Where the birds load well grown young they often attacked us 
waddling up to deliver a severe bite and at all times were fearless. On many ledges 
where passage was narrow it ms necessary to clear the birds away to avoid possible 
attack that might lead to a fall. We slapped them with our hats and pushed them with 
our feet while the struck and resisted with great turmoil often only when literally 
pushed over the edge of the rock when they had to take to their wings. 
kihoa Island. May 24-26. 1923 : Common. Seen dotted over all the slopes* 
June 11-16. 1923 : Though scattered blue faced boobies nested in occasional 
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open spaces over the island, the majority were gathered in a scattered 
colony on the little depression below Miller^ Peak. They had young here from 
newly hatched to birds on the wing. As elsewhere flying fish seemed to be thei 
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main food. I estimated their numbers at 125 nairs. 
