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G-nndlner Island, May 22 . 1923 : About 125 pairs. One taken. 
151oa I sland. May 24-26. 1923 : Many robbing wedge-tailed shearwaters and blue- 
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June 11-16 . 1923 : About 600 pairs present. Only one male frigate bird seen 
with the throat baloon distended. Others were incubating or had young and the 
throat sac had shrunk to small size. Young ranged from newly hatched to a few 
birds half grown. The tertials begin to appear when the chick apparently is 
three weeks old and grow rapidly perhaps to aid as a protection against the sun. 
When undisturbed old and young rest with heads hanging down and banks to the 
sun to obtain what relief from the heat they may. At an early age the young 
appear pugnacious and extended the head and rattled the bill with a clattering 
call when approached. Eippobos^id flies swarm about the nests, 25 or 30 being 
often seen at once. When the birds arc disturbed these insects fly about 
-frequently alighting in my hair, hosts were built of small sticks in the tops 
of low bushes. 
keeker Island. Juno 17-19. 1923 : Common. Yosts contain eggs or young to l/3 
grown. 
June 20, 1923 : About 300 pairs on the island. 
Juno 22. 1923 : See journal 
Yiny Island. French frigate Sh&a&s. June 22-23. 1923 : Three or four roost on the 
island 
Others pass during the day. 
June, 27. 1923 : 60 pairs with efegs or young on Whale Island. Two had nests 
of sticks built up like a turret nearly three feet tall. 
ITecker Island. June 29. 1923 : ho change. 
71a ula Island. July 1. 1923 : 
blast of the Tanager*s whistle. 
At least 5000 rose from the high slopes at a 
