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The tetel population using the island f© - r -- no sting wa*s at least 1,000 and 
(Sew arr«*<*'>' ) 
probably closer to 1,250. ^Over 2,700 adult and 550 subadult birds hare 
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been banded on the island s£me July, 1965. ^Reeap tures iii "1 May ' " X 965 
/ £1 W* v\co\>* %^dteux c* o^VcnAo^>©v^. 
revetsl'eil tliat" over 75 perTr nrrir of th e p epula&ron - wufl bandeehgnd t-ho—total 
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populati^--^ du ri n g t he year for nesting aiiJ To: 
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must be between 5*000 and 4,000.^ 
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The Blue-faced Booby population on Enderbury is of a number 
of subunits, Eaefr-e£. these-ha^ a 
a^jif#erent"-Tr7Cl^UTe^ .the 1s7fl.nd r The population can be 
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r eugistfflaKpl it into a resident population of adult birds which are nesting, 
have nested in the past or are about to nest, a floiiTfatarcg pop'ulation of 
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subadult birds, -fto cither subadult or-a-dullr-pluBmge ^ and adult birds fisa—1 
other islands. In addition ttere at certain times of the year a consider- 
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a&le population immature birds. This- 1 float ing p o rt ion-nr the population 
is always present in one or several large roosting 
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►r clubs while 
r>f u-i r\ o.awn rdost^s ingly or in pairs 
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fairly constant i 
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although all sites may not be utilized each 
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night -inrllvi rj nsa.l^ Ja AwAa ^. rntnr-n ‘4 .-i" > 11 sit ' e . Nesting 
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birds arc faithful to their nest s it ele ven- when- they - aa=e not nesting . 
te st i - ng—birds banded-on . one -tri p a r e - r e c ^trcircd on a-” * 
^ubsequentrtrip^ The hart s srert navi tabby r^orterl in 
n r| mmi! ' ^T r r^A ’" gH.pH '-- tTT ■-i- .hrg s'ey^n r g yr nTfT 1 n.~f w ay n i ndU ^a te that 
a—g32mi p_. of birds. ._ha.ve.^been^veriTrtk^d^''rathefrtlrah' Ihat"rthev^ie^ab^sert^~^^ 
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fromrthe island. 
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