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S1-MNH-142
6-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
Bi-Weekly Bird Summary Report
1) Total Survey Unit: MOTU TABU, CHRISTMAS ISLAND
(2) Observer(s): ATF Party
3) YEAR: 1964 (4) MONTH: November (5) PERIOD: 22nd - 23rd - 24th
Returns Birds
Collected
(17) Young (18)
(6) Species (7) Date (8) Number (9) Rel. Class (10) No. of Nests (11) Rel. Class (13) No. of Young (14) Rel. Class (15) Age of Young (16) Young Banded Others Banded
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 40 B - - 15 B 1 - -
Christmas Island Shearwater 800 B 35 C 15 C 12 - - 400
Phoenix Island Petrel 1200 B 600 B 20 B 6 - - 497
White-throated Storm Petrel 50 B 6 C 1 C - - - 6
Red-tailed Tropicbird 180 B 34 B 54 B 4 - 50 50
Blue-faced Booby *** 1 A - - - - - -
Red-footed Booby 26 A - - - - - -
Golden Plover 38 B - - - - - -
Wandering Tattler 13 B - - - - - -
Sooty Tern *** 15 B - - - - - -
Gray-backed Tern *** 2 B - - - - - -
Crested Tern 4 A - - - - - -
Noddy Tern 300 B 75 B 10 C - - -