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of a tree. Upon 'braining the glosses on It I tound thot it wss s house 
finch, end I believo that it was this species which I hoard singing. 
As I continued on it started to rain. I cut back over the hill 
toward the C’ r, and the rain increased till I was quite wet. The others 
were wailing for me there and we drove to the ship. 
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Today all five of us Rented a convertible and drove in a counter- 
clockwise direction around the island of Oahu. ^e went first through Honolulu 
and Waikiki beach and then on past Diamond Head and u on to Koko Head. 
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I find that white-eyes are everywhere in the vegetation around town and 
that the little dove Geopilia is quite common also. Flocks of the 
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latter are seen on the s reets like pigeons in Washington. Myna 
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birds sre everywhere also, and English sparrows are quite common. 
I have seen many of the larger dove, Sire /topilie . also, but these are 
nowhere near as numerous as the smaller dove. Brazilian cardinals are 
frequently seen on lawns and in the parks, and I hove ntieea a few roups 
of house finches on 1 wns also. Common oi eons are very prevalent, and 
feral birds nest high up on the cliffs of the mountains, where the 
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glass s pick them up us bin; sx>ts igsinst tho green vegetation end black 
Ibvb rock. We have also seen cardinals * nd s few mockingbirds nround town, 
and the former up in the mounts ns. 
At Koko Heed we walked up on the cliffs to look down at the sea and watch 
people fishing from the cliffs. I took s me pictures here. Then 
we went on around Mskapuu Point and heded northwest on Rt» 72. 
We turned northeast on 
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Rt. 61 and went out town.rd Kailua and I niki 
We went in to look a round Keelapulu Pond and were rew arded by seeing 
numerous shore birds. Golden 'lover end ruddy turnstones were quite 
