III. Breeding cycles of the Laysan and Black-footed .albatrosses 
on Green Island, Kure Atoll 
A. Banding and noting of arrivals 
1. The island will be checked daily to note the date of 
arrival for as many individuals as possible, and to 
obtain a band recovery, or band them, on the day that 
they arrive. Birds will be marked with red paint once 
they have been handled, 
2. A record will be kept of pairs formed. 
B. Nest building 
1. The selection of nest sites and the construction of 
nests in natural sites will be carefully cronicled 
on certain marked sites. 
2. Removal and disturbance tests will be conducted on 
marked birds attempting to nest on or near places of 
potential danger to human activities, i. e. the runway, 
to see if it is possible to artificially shift the 
chosen nest site. 
C. Growth and development 
1 . Marked nestswill be studied to collect information on 
incubation period and sharing of brooding responsibility. 
2 . Chicks in marked nests will be weighed first daily and 
then weekly and careful notes will be kept on all growth 
and developmental parameters. 
3. The collection of data will include weights and measure¬ 
ments, photographs, and known age specimens. 
This type of study is also applicable to boobies and 
frigates, and perhaps to more secretive species also, 
and projects on other species may be begun in the spring 
of 1964 as the birds begin to breed again. 
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