French Frigate Shoals, 1965
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Mustard Number Field Number Species Locality Date Sex Age Wt. Collector Skinner Disposition of Specimen Remarks 15006 Sula dactylatra Whale Island, French Frigate Shoals August 17, 1965 AD Huber LNA 803 Skin Heavy body molt. Little fat. Color notes: Iris-bright yellow; Bill-yellow horn; Facial skin and gular-black; Feet & Legs - yellowish olive green Tarsus collected from gular area near large nesting on open ground shot. 15007 Fregata minor Whale Island, French Frigate Shoals August 17, 1965 & quarry L.0.2mm AD Huber ABA 3 Skin Light fat. Color notes: Bill+claws Slate gray; Feet+ Legs-pink; Gular-dark grey with pink areas. Flying over colony. shot. 15008 Morus polyglottas Teen Island, French Frigate Shoals August 18, 1960 AD Anderson Huber LNA 804 Skin Iris-brownish gray with a trace of olive green; Bill-black with orangish yellow skin between mandibles; Mouth lining orangish yellow; Feet & Legs-black with yellow soles; Cyelids-olive green in Messerschmidia shot. 15009 Pterodroma pacifica Teen Island, French Frigate Shoals August 21, 1965 AD Anderson ABA 4 Skin With nesting 15011. Mate of 15010. Brood Patch REFEATHERING. Light fat. taken from nest under wooden water tank. Color notes: Iris-dark brown; Bill- grey with dark grey tip; Legs, Feet,& claws- fleshy pink, outer surface of legs & feet with trace of gray. Hand taken.