ENDERBURY 
DRAFT 
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IMMATURE BIRDS. There is also a greater tendancy for the subadult birds to 
be recaptured on other Islands. While immature birds are as likely to be 
Table 
Differential recapture of different age groups of Blue-faced 
Boobies on Enderbury Island. 
# 
7° 
/U N d. / Euy y 
fz 1st n//? Lr'C 
A J ^ 
c [ j b b i* 
H 7 
.a ....... 
04,7 
1 2 , O 
it#- 
S*V<IAT 
b m-V s I 
f 33 
& 
03. H 
OS. 
X* £ ur< ^ & > 1 
. ■ ii 
U 7 ' 
** 
oM 
0 3 * & 
• . { v S) i 
I 6, ’ 
- — 
recaptured on Enderbury Island as or. another island. This difference is probably 
due to the difference in hone island. All of the immature birds were hatched on 
Enderbury Island while most of the subadults banded on EMerbury Island probably 
came from some other island. This is supported by * data collected from a 
club in May, 1965. Of the 33 banded birds caught 13 t had been banded on other 
islands. 
A summary of the population on Enderbury would indicate that there is 
a resident breeding population of about # Qf 
plumaged roosting or breeding birds handled in November, 1963 
present in the f§g£yt 
Novefnbe r ^ 19 6/- # 
were 
aault plumaged boosting or breeding birds captured in 
The number of immature bird 
of iiOUe 
Til >">£4 -i f-' -f* . 4.1 
u u.jl e ur IQS 1 or ^ - 
out; year 
t/ 
s varies vdtn the season but the total production 
sip- around 300-400. The clubs vary in size 
1 C; f \ y» (r\ n U. 
p J. ‘vJU ’ - 
