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Prior Records: Cass in ( 1858 ) records that the Wilkes Expedition found them 
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nesting in January on hushes eg rm Hondfm-T-r' 1 and The nests "were built 
of sticks and some contained fresh eggs while others were occupied by young 
birds in all stages of growth. He states that two young or two eggs were 
rarely found in the same nest. &±nee^F0BSP^ersonn^^-have----ne'v^r^foundr-^a. 
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Population: On five of the seven visits to th#-4^^nd btet population 
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^een estimated^at between 1100 and 1500. On the other two visits in 
February y£0( and November 1964 the population 7 'vS^ v respectively 500 and 
800 . The-^pulatuen-aurve^hii^e^ 
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I 606 adults have been banded and in May, 1965 approximately 50 percent 
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of the birds handled were banded. This would indicate a population of 
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approximately 3,000 birds using the island.*asset thafexmly ^ u ^. p er ce n t of 
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a regular annual cycle with a summer peak and a-~w4^or^Emr. In February, 
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not exactly match the cycle from the previous year do not disprove the 
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