GREAT FRIGATEBIRD 
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BIRDS 
1963 
February 
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July 
665-735-955 
November 
46-G-387 
1964 
77-1-1 
1204 - (948) 
19-(1115) 
1965 
1310 - 21-0 825 - 651-264 - 
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small young and the third the number <z? large young. In July and November, 
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—e^g^iayiSg“ceases^^round^EE-ly. In 19 63 
the young were over two months old indicating a cessation of most egg laying 
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in July. In 19 64 the liS^T young were mostly o^ er ■ ar. - ^eg tth oldrcfed^c^feng 
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of—laying- aiR^a ..... a ! 4 , -^Mrlv l a-t-e r da -te than In 19 63 . Fledging of young 
extends through December and ii*e imrture birds spend several months in the 
vicinity of their former nests. Egg loss is very nigh In the colonies and 
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Repreduction: On Enderbuiy this species nests #?Sy in Tournefortia trees 
a^is-a-r^clt---4s-d:arg6^^s-^§^ga4et, £aaMa the Red-footed Booby Mrch nests mainly 
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trees at the X corner (25 ■ae g b sT'a nf .. A t. the extensive "frigate colony" 
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about a mile north of the lighthouse and a | mile south of the "guano hill". 
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meae^Bm number nests found hes*e - 1700 in - . _-: i.:_:^_U .^, 2 -: ij roximately 
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