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24 hours old. The former born on the ground vas partly clothed in down, had the eyes 
closed, and though it called and moved about showed no inclination to climb. The 
latter frcm a stick nest had its eyes open, was silent and showed a distinct tendency 
to. climb by hooking its head over "my finger and by grasping with its feet. 
List of Resident birds 
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Sula cyanops (actual count) l6o 
Sula fuscator " " 80 
Sula leucogastra " " 2 
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Fregata (count and estimate) 1500 (1377 counted) 
Dioaedea immutabilis young 5400 
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Diomedea nigripes young 4700 
Puffinus cuneatus (estimate) 77*500 
Puffinus nativitatis (estimate) 2000 
Bulweria bulwerii (estimate) 750 
Phaethon rubricaudus count 80 
Anas laysaniensis count l4 
Porzanula palmeri (8 others brought from Midway and released) 2 
Sterna lunata (count and estimate 1000 
Sterna fuscata estimate 12,000 
Anous .stolidus estimate 500 i 
Megalopterus 600 
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Gygis alba count 80 
Himatione (three seen before storm) 0 
Miller bird (one seen?) 0 
Telespyza cantans 100 
I estimate mortality among young albatross at 50 °/o so that on this basis there 
should be 15,600 adult Diomedea immutabilis and 18,800 adult D. nigripes . I cannot 
