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find a clean black rat in one. Since ther’s nothing to do down below 
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this early, I walk up the trail over a mile seeing iiwis, amakihis, 
leotbrix, and white eyes. Look hard for the hawk as we drive down but 
see only green pheasant hybrids. 
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He vehemently 
°PP° ses axie deer introduction presently vogue in Hilo papers , but 
thinks mongeese can be controlled by trappings. Dark hair, 5'7"ish, 
no gasses, husky. 
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gotten two birds. 
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hawks. He tries to find when sailor Ben King was here from his 
very sketchy diary (dates back to World War H at least). I gather 
he was some sort of policeman during war and Hilo High School librarian 
since then. How retired, but plants windbreaks for the state. Black 
Brant, Garganay teal, duck hawk all spring of 1961. 
vie pack, turn in jeep (they made good the cheating speedometer), 
catch Aloha plane to Honolulu via Maui at 1245, sitting on left for views. 
Mauna Kea and windward coast mostly clouded this morn, as was Haleakala, 
but while on Maul’s strip. I saw flock of five pigeons, a bird Peterson 
doesn’t mention for Maui . At Honolulu I call Ely’s but the cars are busy 
