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Roncador
Sept 25th
46445.
446
447
3 Specimens
white terns?
white tailed tropic birds
Seen at distance unable
to obtain
No Petrels or Shearwaters
Nor of wave
X
No exposed reef for
resting or feeding except
isolated patches of
reef at low water.
Corral formation without
much shell life.
Reef
1930.
IRIS - Brown
L
Male
? Large
S small
Roncador Reef.
Sept. 25th.
Bill: BLACK
Feet: DARK BROWN
to do.
do.
I have
no reason
to believe these
terns are but
canal feeders
at Roncador -
Undoubtedly come
from Ontong Java.
examine
No marks of birds on
10 foot rocks.