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birds 
Fairy Tern ( Gygis alba) 
Current Status: Uncommon resident and rare nesting species. 
Prior Records: One chick was found in the Cordia grove at the south end of the 
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island fltn July 1932 (Donaghho*1952) and a flock of 12 birds was. seen -on the same 
day (Munro* 1941)* Munro banded the chick seen in 1939 and Kinney banded 99 
birds in Kay# 1939* 
Population: We Fairy Terns on all POBSF trips to linderbury. The number® 
present h^^varied from a low of five (February 1965) to a high of ten (November 
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1963) • The resident population is probably between 10 and 15 birds . 
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banding indicates fhp c p ■ ■■' -■. ^ 1 abundant in the 1930 T s. 
Annual Cycle; Two nests found on nay 30. 1965* one with an egg and one with a 
chick* constitute the only recent nesting records. I t. is ■■ ^ilik i sAy tlrr t nesting 
birds have been overlooked on previous trips although the complete nest cycle 
could have been completed between trips. 
Reproduction: Both nests found by POBSP personnel were in the Cordi a grove near 
the”guano hill” and this species has been usually seen here or near the old 
house ruins just north oi the lighthouse. al-tearr occassionally birds 
are found roostin in the Cordia groves at the south end of the isla 
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