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SI-MNH-142-
6-64
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
DIVISION OF BIRDS
Bi-Weekly Bird Summary Report
1) Total Survey Unit: MOTU UPUA, CHRISTMAS ISLAND
(2) Observer(s): ATF Party
3) YEAR: 1964 (4) MONTH: November (5) PERIOD: 21st - 22nd
Returns Birds
(17) Young (18) Others
Collected
(6) Species (8) Number (9) Rel. Class (10) No. of Nests (11) Rel. Class (13) No. of Young (14) Rel. Class Age of Young Banded Banded
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 15 B 5 B 5 B 1 - -
Christmas Island Shearwater 1500 B 600 B 10 B 51 - - 400
Phoenix Island Petrel 1000 B 500 B - - 9 8 - 400
White-throated Storm Petrel 20 B - - - - 3 - -
Red-tailed Tropicbird 26 B 1 A 8 A - - 8 4
Brown Booby 2 B - - - - - - -
Red-footed Booby 60 A - - - - - - -
Great Frigatebird 40 A - - - - - - -
Golden Plover 25 B - - - - - - -
Ruddy Turnstone 9 B - - - - - - -
Wandering Tattler 27 B - - - - - - -
Bristle-thighed Curlew 20 B - - - - - - -
Sooty Tern *** 35 B - - - - - - -