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logs, on the beach. "Amongst the birds we saw the most worthy of notice was 
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a species of wild pigeon ... when flying at night it made a loud and dis¬ 
agreeable noise M - [Probably the Bonin Island Petrel which frequently 
calls in flight at night.] 
Lisiansky concluded his description of the. island by stating that M this 
island promises nothing to the adventurous voyager but certain danger ... , 
to the southeast point of the bank where the vessel grounded, I gave the name 
of Neva ; while the island itself, in compliance with the unanimous wishes of 
my ship 1 s company, received the appelation of Lisiansky. rf 
of the island (Figure I) gives general outline and topography. 
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Lisiansky did not rendezvous With the Nadezda at Macao, and reached 
Portsmouth on 28 June 1806. He received a great -ovation from the Russians, 
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and honors and presents were poured on him and his crew, when they achcored 
at Kronstadt on 4 August I806, two weeks ahead of his commander (Buck, 1953) 
The Russian exploring vessel Moller , Captain Stanikowitch, cruised the 
Leeward Hawaiians in March 1828 (Kittlitz, I83I+), and possibly in 1827 as 
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well (Bryan, op. cit.). The ship's surgeon, Herr. C. Isenbeck, "did his 
best to bear all he saw in mind, and to prepare and keep as many of the birds, 
which Were mostly caught by hand, as the very unfavorable circumstances 
allowed him to do." (Kittlitz, op. cit.). The Mbller visited Lisianski on 
22 March 1828, where "they again found all the larger birds as on Laysan, 
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and mostly breeding^ but none were found that they had not seen on Laysan." ly,-/' 
This visit is of special interest, not only because it is the 
first record of the birds of the island but also because Isenbeck describes 
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a duck and a rail seen both on Laysan and Lisianski. The Laysan Teal and 
the Laysan Rail have never been recorded scientifically for Lisianski Island. 
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