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During two weeks on the south-west Pacific islands of Wallis and Futuna in September-October 1993 I noted 24 of the 35 species of birds recorded by French ornithologists during a fuller survey in December 1985 and January 1986. A count of boobies on Futuna showed that 5% were adult brown boobies. Of the remainder, 27% were adult white morph red-footed boobies and 54% were adult red-footed boobies of the “white-tailed brown” morph. The continued presence of good numbers of blue-crowned lories on Futuna may indicate a lack of ship rats.