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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