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BIRDS - NEW CALEDONIA L. Macmillan Page 98
TAO AREA. COASTAL MOUNTAIN AREA OF THE NW END OF ISLAND.
Thursday, July 20th, 1939 (Continued)
SK. No. 67C. STERNA sum.
Sterna summ. Male AD., 3/4 yellow.
SHOT: 9:30 a.m. 3/4 tide, falling. WGHT: 113.5 gms.
SKL: softish. STM: 1/1 small sardines.
MOULT: W.R:3?,4, 10, 11, 16?
L:3,4,12,19-21.
Tl. covs, M.
All uppers C - M. ABR: W/T. Nil
All unders C - M.
SK. No. 67D. STERNA sum.
Sterna summ: Male AD., 1/2 plus, yellow.
SHOT: 9:30 a.m., 3/4 tide falling. WGHT: 99.5gms.
SKL: Fairly tough. STM: 1/1, 8 sardines.
MOULT: W.R:1,2.
TL.R:2f,4.
L:2.
All covs. O.
All uppers O.
All unders C.
SK. No. 67. E. STERNA sum.
Sterna Summ.: Female AD., 3/4 plus, many discoloured oocytes.
SHOT: 9:30 a.m., 3/4 tide falling. WGHT: 93.5gmd.
SKL: softish. STM: 0/0 residue, sardines.
MOULT: W.R:1,5,14f,16.
covs
L:1,5,10,15. secs.
M
Tl:R:3.
covs O.
L:3.
Uppers O increasing tail to crown.
vent, flands C, all unders O/
ABR: W/T Nil.