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32. Sparse vegetation at Little North Island, looking southeast. 
(print reversed), 29 August 1967 * POBSP photograph by C,A. 
Ely. Mj- 
33. Scant vegetation at Little North Island, looking northwest 
(print; reversed); North Island in background, 29 August 1967 . 
POBSP photograph by C.A. Ely. 44 
34. Vegetation map of North Island, March 1965 . Redrawn from 
POBSP map by W.O. Wirtz, II. 45 
35* Low vegetation at North Island, from west-center looking 
north (print, reversed), 29 August 1967 . POBSP photograph 
by C.A. Ely. 47 
36 . Creepers and a few patches of grass dominate the vegetation 
at North Island, from west-center looking east (print re¬ 
versed), 29 August 1967 . POBSP photograph by C.A. Ely. 47 
37* Extreme low vegetation at North Island, from west-center 
looking north, 24 June 1963 . POBSP photograph by A.B. 
Amerson, Jr. 48 
38 . Extreme low vegetation at North Island, from west-center 
looking south, 24 June 1963 . POBSP photograph by A.B. 
Amerson, Jr. 48 
39* Vegetation map of Seal Island, March 1965 . Redrawn from * 
POBSP map by W.O. Wirtz, II. 49 
40. Sicyos, Solanum, and Eragrostis cover the interior of Seal 
Island, view looking south, 14 March 1964; Laysan Albatross 
adults and chicks. POBSP photograph by A.B. Amerson, Jr. 50 
4i. Transition zone of Tribulus, Boerhavia, Lepturus , and 
Eragrostis between dense interior and beach at Seal Island, 
view looking southeast, l4 March 1964. POBSP photograph 
by A.B. Amerson, Jr. JO 
42. Grasses and low shrubs cover the crest of Seal Island on 
27 April 1923; albatross chicks in foreground, Great Frigate- 
birds in flight. Photograph by A. Wetmore. 51 
43. Seals and albatrosses among scattered clumps of grass at 
Seal Island, 27 April I 923 . Photograph by A. Wetmore. 51 
44. Vegetation map of Southeast Island, March 1965 . Redrawn 
from POBSP map by W.O. Wirtz, II. 52 
45. Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses nesting among Solanum, 
Coronopus , Boerhavia , and Tribulus on western section at 
Southeast Island, view looking southwest, 13 March 1964; 
USCGC Planetree in left background. POBSP photograph by 
A.B'. Amerson, Jr. 54 
