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head preening (mutual) with little or no vocalization. To bed at 2300 
very tired aid frustrated. 
March 28 —Up at 0615. Ho evidence of the dark-rumps at this'hour-.' ’ 
However, we did hear many Pheasant, Chuckots and Zoster opsZosterqps ran 
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up the crater walls behind Kapalalpa to at least 8000 feet. On the 
trail at 0700 down to Balilcu we noted 8 Oskars, one pheasant, and at the 
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AA lava.flow we saw the first pkylark. Down the Pallhu trail we 
noted more pheasants, chuckars, and many skylarks. At Palihu by 0820. 
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noted Amakiki, heard Iiwi, and Apapane, but nothing else of Drepanididae 
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Zoster ops and Leiothrix were present. 
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Hiking up from. PalikM at 0905 ve noted a flock of nine Golden 
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Plover at 6700 feet, Ricebirds at 6,800 and 6,900 feet. Pheasants were 
particularly common between the 6600 and 7300 foot, levels j Chucks r were 
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also seen. At 69 OO to 7500 foot between the 2 AA lava flows at this 
end of the crater is an extended ecological .island made up of scrub 
(relative" of Keawe ?) bushes hearing' s yellow flower. Here we noted 
skylarks as very common and^lso saw six singing MoekD#>irds. From 
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the 7300 foot levej^smfmiere’the floor of the crater becomes a plateau 
there is practically no avian life: However,,there is a sh®| 1 fcplogieai 
island on the southeast crater rim and skylarks were heard there. 
Many of the edges: of the crater appear suitable for Darfc-rumped 
Petrel nesting. The only way to investigate this -properly is to hike 
the rim, not the floor 
