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Br e w n In November f - 1963 there were 34 nests with eggs b. t toery .few if any of 
these proGUced young. The interval between the November an^/february visits would 
not be sufficient for a young bird to hatch and fledge/^nd the number of young 
birds seen in February would represent the maximun/survival of young hatched 
from nests found in November. Apparently nest, lg in other periods was more 
successful since the number of nests foune on any one visit is quite similar 
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to the number of young found on succeeding visits ( See 
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Banding: Through May, 1965 P0E5I Personnel had banded 179 adults, one subadult 
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28 irairutures,_and 36 nestlings. Two birds banded as adults ere recaptured on !r$ 
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Howland and one bird banded as a nestling 
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later. Two young birds ( one from Howland and one from Birnie) and one adult 
:rom Phoenix were recaptured on.Bnderbury 
