Lehner, Philip N., 1964-1965
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Lehner, P. 1904 Nov. 11 - continued to There are lizards on both islands; although, we were unable to catch any, they appear to be skinks; with a wide light tan stripe down the back, the rest of them dark; I believe they are the same kind we collected on the more northern atolls. The natives keep chickens and pigs - the chickens running free, the pigs penned up; we found no evidence of domesticated waterfowl; The following Marshallese birds names were obtained from Kanny by Rogers: Golden Plover - Holoej Fairy Tern - Mejo Common Noddy - Bejawah Hawaiian Noddy - Jkar Brown Booby - Halo The other group returned from Lageron Is. about 12:35 A.M.; they 1000 + nesting Red-footed Boobies; Fairy Terns, Hawaiian Noddies, Common Noddies, Crested Terns and possibly Sooty Terns in fair numbers; the natives climbed the trees, broke the Boobies' wing and then dropped them to the group - they go to the island about 3 times a year to get birds; with eight (over)