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Sibley. F.C, 
1963 ~ “ 
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Nov. 11 
Pago Pago, Tut till a , Americai Samoa 
14$ Purple Swamphen - Larry claims to have seen 3 - didn’t 
however use glasses or not any diagnostic characteristics 
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only ■svidencc was color and size - size estimates wer later 
found to be way off. Claim therefore rest* on color and 
size — which could have been due to lighting on bird. — 
Banded Rails Sean appeared very da k in poor light conditions 
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15) Swiftlets - common 16) White-collared Kingfisher - 8 
% 4 
perched on telephone wires along coast. 17) Samoan Starling - 
common IS) Wattled HoneyQeater — .common 19) Cardinal Honey- 
eater 10-15 seen others heard 2 immatures Back to ship 
by 4 pm just after visitihg hours. Walked into town with 
Roger. Only one store open. New officer joined ship 
today along with several seamen. As a result Brat ley was 
forced to move to other quarters# In evening wandered back 
to town to kill the monotony and to get mway from the ship 
Place dead as. a doornail# In bed early «• bad sunburn 
and legs tired from the 12~15 miles of walking* 
Everyone else fagged out from a night at the Goat Island 
Club so I went up mountain alone. Went to reservoir and 
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then climbed slope tovest of stream. Followed ridge on 
top until I reached area above waterfall visited two days 
ago. This took from 7 AM to 9Am. Then descended long 
ways down very narrow steep spine and then crawled up a near 
vertical cliff on the other side. Thick vege ation Bade it 
nearly impossible to movve either up or down despite 85 degrei 
slope. Finally foftnd a trail along top of ridge which lead 
to main ridge and then a very good trail along the main 
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