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HOWLAHD • ' Birds —■— annotated list 
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BLUE FACED BOOBY 
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July 22-25,1964 —— Sibley summary ; " 230 adults, 13 subadults, 1 immature, 
arid 252 nestlings banded with 779 returns, 45 nests with 
1 egg, 105 nests with 2 eggs, 148 nests with small young 
253 nests with large young. Estimated 1800 adults. * 
July 22, 1964 -———— Hackman s "The Blue faced Booby chicks are in two stages. 
There are about 200 3/4 grown to nearly fledged nestlings. At the 
same time there are a. number of nests with newly hatched and quite 
small chicks. A number of nests also contain one or two eggs, 
(Is the the result of large scale disruption of nesting in 
0 last year T HBC) 
July 24, 1964 —--— Hackman : Today I noticed that the nestling boobies are 
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subject to extensive foot irritation from Tribulns spines. 
Almost without except ion* birds examined had numerous tear® and 
cute on the bottom of their feet. 
July 23, 1964 ---- Marshall -- banded 100 birds in 3 clubs * 
by herding the birds into the grass." 
July 25, 1964 —-- Marshall -- "mWhile out with Hackman 1 
saw what seemed to be a fight between 2 Masked Boobies. 
They both flew up from the ground and collided in mid¬ 
air with great cries. They seemed to remain in the 
same vicinity for several seconds and then left. '* 
Ju.y 22, 1964 - There were no large clubs standing around 
as on our last trip (Hackman) 
