ENDERBURY 
DRAFT 
BIRD INTRODUCTION 
Very few scientific expeditions have visited Enderbury Island and all of 
these have either failed to publish their observations on the avifauna or have 
reported only part of their findings. The U.S. Exploring Expedition visited the 
Island in 184C and 1841 and Casein (1858) reported some of the bird, found 
on Enderbury. Correia collected several species Inl924 on the Whitney South 
Sea Expedition, but only the Audubon f s Shearwaters are mentioned in any publication 
(Murphy, 1927)* In the late 1930*s and early 1940 f s several scientist visited the 
island but Donaghho f s (1952) report on a trip in 1938 and Schultz ! s ( 
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general account of his study of the fishes of the area are the only published 
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ources of bird Information for this period. Unpublished sources (Munro, MS 1938^ 
banding records) have provided additional information. Ue have not been able 
to locate the daily logs kept by the colonists during their stay on the Island but 
these should contain useful information on the avifauna particularly during early 
1939 when James Kinney was banding birds on the island 
A total of 22 species were recorded by POBSP personnel in seven visits 
between July 1963 and June 1965* Eleven species were found nesting during this 
period and at least two other s) eeies nested on the Island prior to 1963* The Phoenix 
Island Petrel Ms not been recorded by FOBS? personnel but there are several 
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records from the 1930 1 s. Six of the 23 species now knom to have occur-red on 
