R.D Kirkpatrick 1965 Journal Tokelau Islands Feb. the coconut crabs and several bird bodies 27 that Thompson and Huber had skinned. (cont.) Next midnight they had the meal cooked. They had cooked over a fire made of dead coconut fronds. Flat stones were placed on the bed of coals and the crabs and birds had been placed on the rocks. They asked us to eat with them. I tried the coconut crabs (I did not care for them). I liked the birds in the following order (top to bottom) Bristle-thighed Curlew, Hawaiian Noddy, Brown Booby, Lesser Frigate. The natives liked the Frigates best but we did not care for their flavor, possibly because we have handled too many of the scaly, stinking things. Feb. We left the atoll without incident. 28 Sun. Nukunono Atoll, Tokelau Islands Noon. We arrived at this large atoll which consists of 70 low coral islands within a reef that is 85 miles in diameter (although it is not round). Approx. 525 Polynesians inhabit this atoll. Many of them have Portuguese blood in them as a result of blackbirders