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Very few scientific expeditions have visited Enderbury Island and all of 
these have either failed to publish their observations on the avifauna or have 
reported only part of their findings. The U.S. Exploring Expedition visited 
the 1 islJTTd' in lQk-0 and l84l and Cassin (1858) reported some of the birds found 
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Qtt=Ss#e=rbttry. Correia collected several species in 1924 while oa-=«*e' ; Wh±tire3r~ 
vovs^€^ South Sea Expedition, but only Audubon’s Shearwater mentioned in any publication 
(Murphy, 1927). In the late 1930’s and early 19^4-0 ’s several scientists visited 
the island, but Donaghho’s (1952) preport; on a trip in 1938 and Schultz’s (19^-0) 
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general account 1 of his study of the fishes of the area are the only published 
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banding records) have provided additional information. We have not 
been able to locate the daily logs kept by the colonists during their., stay 
on the island^ these should contain useful information on ihe avifauna 
particularly dua^teg early 1939 when James Kinney was banding birds on the—islrattd. 
A — total 4 ) f 22 avian species werBfrecordedihy" POBSP personnel |ln seven visits 
between July 1963 and June 1965. Eleven species 
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se^ ^r va ,1. v s# six Q f the twenty-two species now known to 
have occurred on Enderbury were first recorded by POBSP personnel. 
The avifauna is very similar to that found on Howland Island, 300 miles 
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to the northwest. Most differences a r o-^obah 1 y . m auo 
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features by which Enderbury differs from Howland, -84 -eenkral 
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