GRAY-BACKED TERN 
HOWLAND 
ANNOTATED LIST 
May 18, 1965 ~— Sibley: "5CH- seen - nesting??” 
2 seen on eggs in evening 
May 19* 1965 - Sibley: "another nest w/2 eggs* 
2 small young and W& 2 medium young 
May 20, 1965 -—- Sibley: "one collected" 
5 eggs - 3 sm. yg. 3 lg* yg* neafr Itascatown 
May 21 , 1965 -—- Nest w/2 eggs (see May 19) eggs aid on platform of small 
coral fragments 1 /4 to l/S inch in dianu Platform 6" in dianu 
One stone deep* General area— center of island* Flat section 
of hard beach rock - very little loose debris on top* Vegetation 
over about 10$ of area* Portulaca and Tribulus. 
Another colony not previously found - same character as previous 
colony. Rock base on two nests less developed. All nests under 
Portulaca. One nest with circle of coral fragments and bare 
rock in center. 6 nests with one egg found. Birds leave while 
observers are still 100 yds. 4* away. 
10 nests with eggs (2 with 2 eggs) North of Itascatown on beach 
4 collected. 
