EXTRACTIONS FROM THE UNPUBLISHED SPECIES ACCOUNTS OF A. WETMORE 
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Laysan Island , April £, I923. One taken. 
April 10 , 19P3» One seen. 
April 12 , 1923 . One. 
Ocean Island , April 19 , 1923 . One shot on a sand spit. 
April 20 , 1923 .One. 
April 21 , 1923 . Two seen. These birds are much more difficult to approach 
than the other shorebirds. 
Midway Islands , April 23, 1923 . One taken on Eastern Island. 
Pearl and Hermes Reef , April 26 , 1923 . On Southeast Isinad I found a dozen or 
fifteen in a flock in the bare lime rock at the eastern end. Two taken were in 
full plumage. 
April 27, 1923 . A few seen on Grass and Seal Islands. 
April 28 , 1923 . Seen in Southeast Island. 
Laysan Island , May 2 , 1923 . Flocks of 10 or 12 found on limestone ledges near 
blow hole. Birds fishing and resting. About 50 seen today. 
May 3, 1923 . About 20 on a stretchof rock ledge. 
May 5_, 1923 . Common. 
May 6, 1923 . Seen 
May 7, 1923 . Seen 
May 13 , 1923 * Common, both along rocky shore and at the lagoon. 
Li sian sky Island , May l6, 1923 . Two seen. One taken. 
May 18, 1923. Seen. 
May 19 , 19£3. Four seen. One taken. 
Gardiner Island , May 22 , 1923* One or two running about on rock ledges near 
the water. 
Nihoa Island , May 22 , 1923 » Two or three seen. 
June ll - l6 , 1923 . One or two seen daily on the rock ledges of Adams Bay. 
