Wirt2, W. 
1965 
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folia. The vegetation types ns we climbed along remirj&ed tie somewhat 
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of those along the streams in the Snufckies, though of course the plants 
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are all different. It was hot and humid, and the canopy shut out much of 
sunlight 
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was wide with not too many rocks, and a second time further up the gorge 
where the stream narrowed and vos piled with boulders# The trial ended 
in an almost vertical pocket, with the steep lava walls towering on three 
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sides of us. In front of us a stream tumbled out of a cleft in the wall 
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and fell about 100 feet into a clear pool about 50 feet across with many 
boulders piled around it. 
On the way back, dov*i near the fields again, we heard the most 
fantastic assortment of bird calls coming from right. After some 
hunting Fred found the source - a Chinese thrush, with a far greater 
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reperoire than our mockingbird. The bird let us approach quite closely 
Rnri continued its concert, apparently unconcerned by the five people 
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crouched in the hush close by. The species is about wood, thrush size, but 
a rich brown with a prominent white eye patch. Bake in the cane fields o n 
the way out we observed several rice birds, but none closely. 
We then headed norl^t agifem, and stopped at Hauula Beach Park. 
The water was clear and cool. X only wish I could see more without my 
glasses. There were many interesting and. brightly colored fish in the 
water. We found several small moray eels hidden in the coral heads 
which dotted the swimming area, and also some large purple sea urchins with 
heavy spines. 
After we had dried we headed north again, around Kahuky Point, 
