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Fregata aqulla , Man 'o war bird, was feeding their young and these 
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were of all stages,this bird confining Itself to the places where there was 
. crush and the tobacco plant, and scaevola frutlcosa. 
— Sula-placator, red footed booby, is rather scarce, and but two colonies 
were seen,In all about 3o palra.The lone remaining tree, Caauarlna sp. near the 
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old buildings,acomodates about ten pairs, these h*d young nearly full grown. 
. s . ^*- . qy an °P 3 . > blue faced booby, saw but a half dozei^ of this- species. 
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- ^ aouastolldus , plentyful, scattered over the whole island, generally in 
the creeping vines along the sea shore, and even In the coral rocks, where they 
nad both eggs and young. Of this species great havoc is being done by the 
migratory Curlew, Numenlus tahltrlensla during my visit of the lb days'I saw no 
less than 2o nests destroyed, by the curlew, eggs eaten, and even when the eggs 
contained embrio Immature these birds devourded thememwith apparent relish. 
; - Armaria lnterpres were on the island in great numbers, and these birds 
were observed eating the eggs of the Tern,<and’-r Anous stol ldua. >’ ' ' 
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L C torsdrlue domlnlcus paclflca .ere arriving .hen .e left there, a re. male 
birds .ere aeen. ffanderlng tattler , .as seen,a re. along the seai> shore 
Jll croanous Ha.allsnsls a re. pairs .ere observed m the Casuarlna tree 
this species is rare* /' .. 
, This bird. Is becoming soarce, a few pairs were nesting 
in the old sheds and buildings, and threenpalrs were seen out on the rocks,some 
with eggs some with young. ' 
Ph aethon rubrlcauda _ This bird is few In numbers, seen only about the old 
buildings, and Is throne species which the Frigate bird attacks seeking the fish 
which It is carrying to Its young. The old sheets of corrugated^ich had been 
blown from the buildings » and lodged out In the sand flats served as shelter 
and nesting places for both the shearwater, and the Tropic bird, which had ^ 
burrowed beneath .When-the vegetatlo^Increases, 'it Is possible that the 
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