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Order of 
Wet or Wetness 
Islands (N to S) 
Palmyra 
Dry (Wet 
to Dry) 
Ma.ior Breeding Species in Order of Abundance 
Wet 
(2) 
(l) Sooty 'Tern. (2) Red-footed Booby. 
(3) (2?) Hawaiian Noddy, (h) Common Noddy. 
Washington 
Very Wet 
(1) 
(l) Noddies. (2) Fairy Tern. (3) ? Kokikokiko, 
Lorikeet. 
1 Uli.4 iliiQ 
Wet 
(3) 
(l) Common Noddy. (2) Red-footed Booby. 
(3) Great Frigatebird. 
Christmas 
*x* 
Wet/Dry 
(4) 
(l) Sooty Tern. (2) "Procelarids". (3) Noddies. 
Jarvis 
Very Dry 
4^ 
(7) 
(l) Sooty Tern. (2) Blue-faced Booby. (3) frig¬ 
ates. (4) Red-footed & Brown Booby. (5) Red¬ 
tailed Tropicbird. 
* 
Malden 
Dry 
(5) 
(l) ? Blue-faced Booby. (2) ? Sooty Tern. 
(3) ? Noddies. 
Starbuck 
Dry 
(6) 
(l) Sooty Tern. 
* Coconuts are said to be successfully grown where annual rainfall 
exceeds 42". Christmas Island's average rainfall is about 4C", 
making it a marginal wet isuand, oy the coconut criteria* 
** From general vegetation characteristics. 
Assuming other factors equal the major Line Island breeding species 
could be listed somewhat in order of humidity preference from the above 
information: 
Lanabiras 
Very wet 
1.0 
White Tern 
Very wet 
1.0 
Wlnite-capped Noddy 
Very wet - wet/dry 
2 R 
Common Noddy 
Very wet - wet/dry 
2.) 
Red-footed Booby 
Wet - very dry 
4 . VJ 
Procellarids 
Wet/dry 
4.0 
1 . c* 
Sooty'Tern 
Wet - very dry 
Great Frigatebird 
Wet - very wet 
5.0 
Blue-faced Booby 
Dry - very dry 
o .0 
Lesser Frigatebird 
Very dry 
Rea-tailed Tropicbird 
Very dry 
7.0 
* Mean figure in relation 
to order of wetness scale. 
Phoenix Islands 
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