Casuarlnas . Most birds were found roosting either as scattered indivi¬ 
duals or in pairs,. ■ Numbers did not appear to be appreciably greater 
at night than during the day* No eggs or young were found by me nor did 
other members of the survey party report finding any. 
The single return had been previously banded on Lisianski. 
Vagrants and Shorebirds 
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Glaucous-winged Gull 
Population - 
Number collected 
I first saw this gull as it flew along the crest of the northeast 
beach on 20 March. The -following day I found it roosting in a tidal pool 
on the rocks. I pursued it around the island to the southwest beach where 
the bird was eventually collected. 
Tne specimen (Field No. 40810) is a very fat immature female that 
weighed 1255 grams. It was not molting in the body feathers and its 
stomach was about l/8 full of fish and bones that were lightly sprinkled 
with sand. The ovary measured 25 x 7 mm. but all ova were minute. The 
present specimen constitutes the second specimen record from Lisianski 
Island. 
c. 6oo 
Estimated population 
Golden Plover 
Golden Plovers were found around the entire perimeter of the island 
and in the interior of the island. The largest concentration that I saw 
was a flock of about 500 birds, many of them coming into breeding plumage, 
that was roosting on the southwest beach. Kenyon reported that he had 
seen about 60 to 70 in the interior on the morning of the 21st. He noted 
that this species, and the turnstones and curlews, seemed to prefer to • 
forage in areas of low Tribulus and morning glory but that the birds were 
somewhat more abundant in areas predominantly covered by morning glory. 
At night l frequently found individuals roosting in small openings 
in the Scaevoia and Eragrostis along the edge of the beach crest. 
Kridler told me that seven were banded by the other members of the 
party on the night of the 20th. 
c. 1000 
Estimated population 
Kuddy Turnstone 
Turnstones were abundant along the beaches and were commonly observed 
the beach crests but the largest roosting concentration was found in 
hollows in wave sculpted rocks on the central east portion of the island 
perimeter (where these birds were found most abundantly at night in 
September 1967 )* 
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