March 7-9? 1968 
(Clapp) 
Brown koddy 
Estimated populatio 
n — 
000 
Breeding status -- From fresh eggs xo near 
fledging young but few or no small downy 
young seen. 
Judging from the relative infrequency with which Brown Boday nests 
were found only a relatively small proportion of the population was actively 
breeding. Most of the nesting birds had -eggs., ranging from fresh eggs xo 
those which were hatching. Medium and large young (the latter about 3 or 
b weeks old) were seen fairly frequently but I saw no recently hatched or 
small downy young and do not remember other members of the party mention¬ 
ing having seen them. In any case some egg-laying must have been taking 
place in late January or. early February but it does not seem likely that 
most of the population has yet begun to lay. I suspect that most of the 
nests or young found on Nihoa were produced by birds either renesting 
from earlier attempts or those which were on an unusual cycle well out of 
synchrony with the population as a.whole. 
