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were located in the "frigtte colony" in July 1964 and June 1965 
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The ground nesting birds-erre’found in several colonies in the; southern 
third of the island. One colony extendsfncusrsouth of the lighthouse along the 
edge of the Sesuvium in the central depression to the south end of thi 
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depj 53sion. Several small colonies o - cch^ r in another la .ion at the 
south end of the island and another colony occupied an dnea on the east side 
of the lagoon opposite the lighthouse. These ground colonies contain ed about 
640 nests in July 1964 and about 20-30$ of the (Treat Prigatebird nests 
usually found in these areas. An additional 120-200 nests &&&> located in snail 
colonies along the edge of the lagoon from the lighthouse north to the guano 
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heap and an one or two areas on the east side opposite the frigate colony. 
These ground nests all in areas which afford protection from the wind 
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some daps during our visits there has been no wind movement at these area; 
Despite several reports to the contrary birds in these colonies show little 
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difficulty in acheiving flight vd.tl.out wind. Even birds entangled in vegetation 
have been observed rising in flight after some energetic flapping 
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Binding: Through June 1965 POBSP personnel had banded 734 adults, five immatures 
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and 1810 nestlings, g w e-og A nestling banded November 18, 1963 was found 
on Arorae Island, Gilbert and Ellis Islands on October 8, 1964« Another,banded 
November 11, 1964, was found on Yap in the Caroline Islands on May 4, 
adult female banded July 14, 1963 was found nesting on Howland Island on 
19, 1965. 
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