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Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Makapele Cliffs Kauai 25 Oct, 1967
Shearwater nests investigated
Those to right of fence on cliffs
(bare ground with minimum of grass)
Burrow # Depth Occupant
1 12in. 645-25601 Tail
tips of wings
2 16in. sm. nestling-dead
for several wks
3 20 in. 645-25602 Tail
tips and edges of wings
Left of fence in Casuaring trees
STUDY AREA
Burrow # Depth Occupant
4 16in 645-25603 Tail
and wing surfaces
5 8 in. egg found but
no chick
6 16in. 645-25604 entire
body except Pollars
2 areas of
down ventrally