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ENDERBURY 
DRAFT 2 
BIRDS 
Christmas Island Shearwater ( Puffinus nativitatis) ; 
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Current Status a visitor! 
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Prior Records: G. C, Munro (K*.r . 1938) reported finding one well grown downy 
chick under a bunch of grass in July 1938 but there is gd# some doubt as 
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to the validity of the identification. Danagfeho (1952) stated trait he had 
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found " a gr®y downy petrel chick, presumably the young of the Phoenix Petrel " 
under a clump of grass but inHni^- manu s c^^ t Munro does not indicate 
young "'hoenix Metre 1•> jkamimmf?.-* 'It xii: j ^ 9 =Chs^hflrt [dae two reports referring- to 
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the Seine bird and tjaertTone observe/ o^ the other madman error in identification 
Population: This species has- be e n seen by POBSP personnel d uri n g thre e-aiisdrte 
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on July 1 5* 19^4; on November 10 and ll^J.964; and on Iky 31 9 19&5 
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ared at dusk 
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On all four occasions t h/ bird (two in July* 
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in-jgrost-tfeo ■■ oo € i u£u over the west side of the island,, This species nests 
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in moderate numbers yon Phoenix Island- 40 miles to the southeast 
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