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Bay, Guam in 29 Gays. (Cresswell* 1939)- 
In ' as summer of I89I Henry Palmer and George Munro landed on some 
of the Leewards while on a collecting trip for the Hon. Walter Rothschild 
of England. Hie schooner Kaalokai . Captain F. D. Walker, was engaged for 
this trip. They landed on Lisianski on 29 June a G remained until 3 July. 
Walker (1909) reported that much of the island was covered with low scrub 
brush, and that the island was rimmed by a sandy beach 100 feet wide. He 
estimated that a thousand tons of good guano remained in the cry lagoon of 
the interior, and found bird life plentiful. 
Palmer (Rothschild, '-1893-1900; reported that the island was not as well 
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must have formerly been a lahe on the south side, mown albacrosses ncto. la^gc; 
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birds had nests in the scrub around 'the former lake. He found only two 
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Brown Booby nests. Sooty Terns were mdst numerous y and had small chicks. 
Hawaiian Bcddy Terns and Gray-backed Terns'-.were seen, but were not breeding. 
rels were noted, but the three species noted were not described in his 
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He saw a few Bristle-thighed Curlews, Golden Plovers, Wandering 
Tat-, ars and Ruddy Turnstones, but does not mentioh ducks or rails. A seal 
was collected, but the skin was lost. 
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sharks. He vividly described the "myriads of mice" whi - eh over ran the island. 
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