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Recorded on Southeast Island. 
hun Island . Anvil 29. 1923 : One pair may have a nest east of the lagoon near 
the Sesuvium patch, apparently first record for island. (Hot so, noted Toy Sch-? 
Hay 1. 1921 : Bird seen on nest 
hay ?. 1923 : Male seen on nest. 
i siansky Island. Hay 16. 1923 : A numter of pairs nesting in grass tracts have 
eggs, new hatched young to young 10 days old. An immature molting into adult 
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pitunage taken. The present species is less noisy than cyan on s of r? is cat or end 
even on the nest is ordinarily silent. A female today however, utterred a 
" oud ouok~ouok-auok : 
May 18, 1923 : Bairly common. Mr. Thaanum Brought in a five inch flying fish 
of the common species, one of five regurgitated "by one of these Birds. 
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1.9a. 19.23. : ABout AO pairs on this island. A pair taken today. Bests contain 
2 eggs, sometimes newly hatched young. One or two seen that contained young ten 
day to two weeks old, , one young in each instance. Part of the nests here are 
located in the grass, on the ground in spaces Between the clumps and part on Bare 
ground on a slight elevation near the eastern side of the island. 
G-ardiner ,Island . May 22. 1923 : Several reported a single BooBy on the' small 
western rock. 
Hihoa Island. June 11-16. 1923 : ABout 50 pairs nest on the island most of them 
on open ledges aBove the cliffs, 50 to 100 feet aBove the sea.. These BooBies 
are 
; much more wary than the other species and may seldom Be caught By hand. 
1 have seen one nest containing two eggs But most have young, many of which are 
half grown. These stand aBout on the rock ledges and are afraid so that they 
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empt to sidle away when approached 
C2n the warm morning sun one (is) sometimes srrrawled out on a 
with wings flat at its sides to Bank 
in the sun 
rock ledge 
