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6.
13 June 1964 (Con't.) . Maximum
old craters, whereas the Sooty Terns are around the
island below this level.
3 Wedge-tailed Shearwater - Crater bottom
filled, Women estimates 25,000 pr.
Most now have eggs - 1 egg laid on
bare ground - no adult near.
4. Bulwer's Petrel - 4 or 5 found, located by
calling from burrow - with eggs.
The throat is puffed out before the call is
produced. All black petrels
Flying over - saw few Red-footed Boobies -
(White Tail) in area.
Over Kampa - 5 Frigate birds
were seen soaring.
One curious Noddy characteristic - there
Noddy young appears to be a polymorphism in the chicks, they being
? either pearl gray or solid brownish, & will try to
estimate ratios today, but apparently it is 1:1.
Selective advantages? Genetics of this?