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Fairy Tern (Gygis alba): 
Current Status: Uncommon resident /rare nesting species* 
rrior Kecords: Bo(gne chick was found in the Cordia grove at the ®wkk 
in July,, 1938 ('Xbvi^VM 
south end of the island^and Ij l) a Hock of 12 birds 
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on the same day* Munro banded the chick seen in 1938 and Kinney banded 99 birds in 1939* 
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copulation: s has boon jpoon ■■ qn^ aH; POBSP trips tou~tii^i^^nC ac c o unts have- 
1 x ^]w^ n*s) 
raagrScT from a low of five•'bo a high of ten* The- resident population is probably between 10 
and 15. A & ind i ca t ed - by Kj^ u e y^ 1 bari ^^the species was much more abundant in the 1930 ! s. 
A nnual Circle; fro nests Ideated*i-a-Magc, 1965, one rith an egg an one with a chick. 
only recent nesting records / rost ... thc: ig j b - and . It is unlikely that nesting birds have been over* 
looked on previous trips although the complete nest cycle could have been completed between 
trips. 
Reproduction: Both nests found in- May - 196j ? -vre in the Cordia grove near the "guano hill" and 
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this species iiLUXSiially seen in-thi«~«ea or near the old house ruins just north of the 
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lighthouse* Ixl~±2&**&8±s are s^-etrnes found in the Cordia groves at the south end of the island. 
NO SPECIMENS * NO POBSP BANDING* 
