T. Lyons 1939 Wake Islands # 75 Frigate bird, ad ♂ Airport Peal is. Aug 3 1939 - Shot by Mr Conlly # 76 Frigate bird ad ♀ Airport Peal ii Aug 4 1939 - S hot by Mrs. Conely Wing spread 6'2¾" - # 77 Flightless rail im ♀ on road to dump, ½ way from airport - Run over by truck - wing bones resisted fracture only about ¼th as resistant to fracture as leg bones - Oct. 25, 1939 # 78 Sharp tailed sandpiper im (♂?) shot with 16 g shot gun 7½ ch shot (too close) on road , between hotel & tennis court Peale is. Skin dried too much before stuffed Nov. 13, 1939 # 79 Sharp tailed sand piper im ♂ Shot with same shell as above birds one foot apart. These two birds had been seen the two preceding days, each time within 75 yds of The airport more hour - less tame than Golden plovers more tame than Turnstones (See Sharp tailed sandpiper for Nov 10-12-9 13 1939 Nov 13 1939