Amerman, Kenneth E., 1964, 1966
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K. Amenman 1964 Jabuit Atoll, Marshall Islands Several young were found. Bran Boobies were seen overhead. They nested only in the coconut palms. Two Crested tern chicks about 3/4 grown were found on the west point of sand. We penned them up as they would not become prey to sharks due to our disturbance. This resulted in our being dive-bombed by the angry parents much of the time, which in turn resulted in one being brought down by a stone by one of the Marshallese. The two chicks, one of which we collected, appeared to be about the same size but one had a yellow bill and may therefore have been older. After our preliminary survey George found a Fairy Tern and a Hawaiian Noddy in the interior completely gummed up with sticky seeds from the Pisonia. We cleaned them but they could not fly so they were collected. The natives had caught a Red-foot earlier and asked us to shoot another do it might roast them, which we did. When we returned from collecting fish later they let us sample them. It was quite palatable though rather tough - not too fishy - reminded me of salted dog