a.JTOACT IONS PROM THE UNFTBLISHED SPECIES ACCOUNTS OP A WETMORE ** WAKE ISLAND 
Puffinus cuneatus (i .e ;oac if icus) 
July 30. 1923 : A colony of perhaps 50 pairs found in loose soil in openings 
among the trees on Peak Island. Males apparently settle down after sowing a 
few wild oats during mating as I found several males incubating among those taken 
today. Eggs appeared hard set hut I found no young. 
Aug. 2. 1923 : A few burrows in the northern portion of Wake Island. 
Puffinus nativitatis 
July 30. 1923 : A pair taken on Beak:Island in an open growth of Tournefortia 
near the center of the island. 
Sula leucosaster 
July 27-August 4. 1923 : There are fully five hundred here found mostly on the windward 
side of the large island. On the western and of the north half of Wake a few pairs have 
young from half to nearly grown in ground nests. Other pairs rest xn percn.es in uhe 
trees and apparently another breeding season is approaching. At evening many of the 
birds (come) in to the island from some fishing ground to the southwest and pass low 
over our camp. Many are robbed by the frigate birds. On tne wino.wa.rd side of the 
atoll the birds rest on logs or lumps of coral frequently in little groups. They are 
much more wary than other boobies. Like the other species they fly with neck 
outstretched and feet straight behind. The flight is strong. Their heavy necks 
slope gradually into the long slender bodies. 
SULA da.ctvla.tfia. 
Auer. 2. 1923 : Two young and an adult shot on the windward side of Wake 
