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R.S.Crossin
Oct. 1968
Data Sheet for Marked Nests
of Red-footed Booby on McKean Island
Summary and 1st Visit
Nest No.
Band Numbers
of Members of Pair
Date
Contents of
Nest or Burrow
Measurement
of Egg
Measurement
of Culmen
of Young
Measurement
of Wing
of Young
Band
Number
of Young
(1)
447-51477 Ext. Ph.o
447-51434 Int. Ph.c
15
Naked chick 2 days old.
18.9 mm.
(2)
447-65027 Int. Ph.o
447-51102 Int. Ph.o
15
Egg
55.7 x 34.5
(3)
447-56905 Int. Ph.o
447-51474 Ext. Ph.c
15
Egg (just pipping)
52.2 x 40.3
(4)
447-60254 Int. Ph.o
15
Small downy young.
36.5 mm.
(5)
447-50502 Int. Ph.o
15
Egg
60.2 x 39.7
(6)
447-51469 Ext. Ph.o
447-56925 Ext. Ph.c
447-57795 Int. Ph.c
15
Small downy young
36.7 mm.
(7)
447-51128 Ext. Ph.o
447-50532 Ext. Ph.c
15
Egg
68.9 x 38.6
(8)
447-60266 Int. Ph.o
15
Naked young just hatched
15.8 mm.
(9)
447-21516 Ext. Ph.o
447-25882 Ext. Ph.c
15
Small downy young
36.7 mm.
Other Comments: all close nests in dead or partially dead Sida fallax bushes.
R.S.Crossin
Oct. 1968
Data Sheet for Marked Nests
of Red-footed Booby on McKean Island
Sheet For Subsequent Visits to Nest
Nest No.
Date
Band Number
of Bird
at Nest
Contents of
Status of
Nest or Burrow
Other Comments or Information
(1)
16
447-51477
Naked chick
2208
(2)
16
447-65027
Egg
2205
(3)
16
447-56905
Naked chick
2205
(4)
16
447-60254
Sm downy
2206
(5)
16
447-50502
Egg
bird banded at 2210
(6)
16
447-51469
Sm downy
2215
(7)
16
—
Still empty
No parent on 2215
(8)
16
447-51128
Egg
2216
(9)
16
Int. Ph. male, Ext.
447-60266
Dead naked young
young dead, found moving about 18 m. from nest—
(10)
16
447-21516
Sm downy
2220
(This # is on BFB in littering —
Somebody (me?) got fed.)