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Hachwan, C.D.
1967
Egg measurements
Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
March 28 Green Is., Kure Atoll
All birds found in dense Scaevola thickets. Twenty
birds were checked but only one had an egg:
44.20 x 66.00 mm.
Hachwan, C.D.
1967
Egg measurements + Nest Descriptions
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
March 28 Green Is., Kure Atoll
AF 2 eggs width 16"x17" bowl 9½" depression 3".
Construction of Scaevola stems + branches, Tribulus stems,
some grass, feathers. On ground on edge of Scaevola
thicket in Tribulus + Boerhaavia
41.4 x 64.65mm; 41.9 x 62.0 mm
AF 2 eggs - Nest very small, consisting only of a bowl +
depression with scanty materials. Bowl 8"x9", depression-
1½". Construction - very thin mat of Scaevola leaves and
stems, Tribulus stems + some grass stems. Also several
feathers. One sprig of fresh Tribulus in nest. Nest on
edge of Scaevola thicket in Tribulus + Boerhaavia
46.45 x 60.6; 41.0 x 62.2 mm.
AF 2 eggs Nest on small sand mound on edge of Scaevola
thicket, near roadway. Construction of Scaevola leaves
(fresh), Boerhaavia (fresh) and Scaevola branches and
Tribulus stems. width 21"x23", Bowl 9", Depression 2¾"
42.35 x 62.95 mm; 43.25 x 65.6 mm.