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. island, Hay., 7... 1-9.23.... : This morning I - caught one as it came at dusk toward 
seeking a sheltered place for a nightIs sleep. It rested quietly in 
Lap for fifteen minutes while I sat talking in the dark with one of the others 
seeming to enjoy greatly scratching in the feathers of its hack. I placed it 
"beside a- bon in the bird room where it was sleeping quietly an hour later. 
Amy in a thin, weakened condition are about and hundreds have died. I 
attribute their trouble to the heavy a Ike. la i in the lago on water. 
J. 3*. 1923. : Several hundred feeding in the lagoon. Some in full breeding 
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plumage and others in winter dress. 
IjsianAn~ Island.. May 13. 1923 : One. 
■day IQ. 1923 : A flock of a dozen seen. 
w_ihoa Island . June 11. 1920 : Three seen on the rocks of Adams Say 
lecher Island, June 20. 1003 : One taken. 
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June ?J: 
Land, Trench Primate Shoal s. Ju ne 23. 1923 : About 20 seen. 
1923. : Three passed in northern flight. A few are in breeding plumage 
Jphns t oil .IsT.andJuly, 15. 1923. : Two seen and one taken on Sand Island. Hot in 
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eeding state, 
Island, July 30. 1923 : At out 20 feeding on rock flats laid tare at low tide 
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Very wild. 
Am. 1. 1923 : our 
Aug:., 2, 1923 : A dozen seen. 
£figju. fA.,, .1 , 913 • Common, in southward migration. Found in little openings among 
the Tpurnefortla trees. 
