Marshall General Accounts of Marianas Birds Mus Vert Zool Saipan 3 Dec 44 - 16 Feb 45, 17 Apr 45 - 24 Apr 45, 20 July 45 - 3 Sep 45. Tinian 20 March 45- 14 Apr 45. Guam 26 May 45 - 6 June 45. Saipan Poliocephalus ruficollis? 21 Nov 44 One seen on small pond. Dark, uniform color. Possible could have been young Gallinula chloropus. Saipan Puffinus pacificus I saw specimen picked up by Marine Epid Unit, flew into light. Saipan Phaethon lepturus Seen occasionally in flight in frontof largest cliffs. Seen to go into caves high in the cliffs. Tinian Sula leucogaster Seen twice, single birds, on trip over to Tinian, 20 Mar Saipan Fregata 26 Dec 44 One hovering over mt at N end island. Tinian 20 Mar 45 Several seen on trip back and forth from Tinian. Always far out from land. Guam 6 Jun 45 One plying along over shore SE side island, evening. Saipan Demigretta sacra 9 Feb 45 Shore Magicienne Bay, afternoon. One flushed from dense brush on rock bluff at shore. Flew out over bay. Grey phase. Tinian Photo and record of nesting by Richard Genelly. Guam 4 and 6 June 45. Reefs on SE edge island. Foraging in 1 ft water 100yds out from shore, active in late aft and eve. Stand and rest singly or in pairs on sand beach. 2 grey, 1 white. Saipan Mesophoyx intermedia Flock of 50-100 inhabits marshes at L Susupe. Sometimes feed under and around cattle. Hunted them on 10 Dec 44. Flock resting at noon in patch of low grass surrounded by high cane. Well concealed. About every ten min one or two, apparently scouts would fly over me or light near me at the edge of the farms where all had been feeding. The flock did not return til I had left. Apparently absent from April through July. Seen Aug. Tinian About 25 L Hagoi. Guam 1 June 45 Only one seen; marshes at main harbor. Tinian Nycticorax nycticorax 4 Apr 45. 6 flushed at noon from dense growth fern-like plant growing at edge of L Hagoi. Only time seen. Aparently migr. Saipan Ixobrychus sinensis Common in tule marshes, next commonest in damp cane fields or wet grassland, some in dry cane and grassland. Seen flying often on long flights over cane-covered hills. Call: harsh "craak". Clings to cattails one in each foot, spread