Amerman, Kenneth E., 1964, 1966
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K. Amerman 1964 Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands immatures? There were about 200 Greater Frigatebirds in the air when we arrived. It developed that they roosted only in The Pemphio. This is a more striking example of the tendency encountered at Koypan for Frigates and Red-foots to be somewhat segregated. At dusk we discovered several lesser Frigates roosting with the Greaters. Larry collected one male. Upon our arrival a group of about 30 Booty Terns emerged from the underbrush on the SW corner. Most of the day there were up to 6 in the air above, but none returned to the ground. Three were shot and all had blood patches but as eggs or chicks could be found, they may have been just beginning the breeding cycle. The natives report a colony of a few dozens on one of the other islands at Christmas last year. We discovered 4-5 Common Noddies nests, all with eggs, on a fallen tree and in the "birds' rest" plant. Binion said he saw a hermit crab destroy one of the eggs. Fairy Terns, like the Hawaiian Noddies, were found in both Pemphio and Przina.