lixtracts from "Daily Log of Jarvis Island" June 15-Seot 14, 1935 
NA Rffi 154 File No 9-12-17 
June 21: "Wellearned that the Hermit Crab feeds on mice too. After killing a 
rouse we saw a Hermit Crab eat on it." "(Ehe mice themselves feed on one another. 
Occasionally we have been able to see them feed upon their dead. 
June 24: "The seeds that were planted were Phlox, iarigold, lettuce and radish." 
June 25: ""White beans were planted..." " Preliminary information regarding the 
study of bird life...gathered...from a boy scout handbook...This information is., 
'a great help in...drawing...plans for ...attack in the problem of bird life." 
June 26: "The mice on tnis Island are a menace to our gardens...Last night, 
despite tne protection we had giventhe boxes containing the soil and seeds, 
the mice got in them and ate up a number of the seeds." 
July 5: "During his trip he saw several pretty large turtles on the western¬ 
most side of the island." 
Julv 6: " During the oast weeks we have been observing the various birds of 
the^.Island, jfe Know part of the island t hey nest, tne numEer”* 
of species there are, and other details.*_as we acquire more information 
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(Henry Ahia probably most interested in birds on Jarvis) 
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(Kany kept private diaries) 
July 20, 1935. 
a J?6 a re_d j^ijastIyL.SiBaller t han. the love birds, ‘ Miybe they are not quails ~— 
they saw a smal l.flock of q uail s. These bir ds have long legs 
_ r be they are not quails.. . 
At least they *ve never beeir seen 
are very low in number and seldom seen 
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around the camp site. We saw these quails in the Nbrthwest norOT sectidn ol 
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the island. Some tines we see one or two of them on the edge of the share. 
they'are flying tnsy are usually In groups of 12 more wr'Tess. 
♦ finally rea cKed”€Ke regio n of the Love biKB" (east^Kimost ’section of island) 
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*#*the thousands of Love Birds• * .swarm, low over you wit h 
Thepe jire so many of them that they mak e a shade and you of m ore than a 100 
.yd, radius. It tak eg__,one about 15 minutes to ramble throug h (the edge) 
ramble through 
If w e ar e n ot mistaken all the Love birds put together would slightly outnumber 
all tne other types of birds on the island* 
After leaving trie love birds we came to a place where there were lots of holes* 
Apparently...nesting places for some birds. Once before a bird was 
found in one of these holes...It was about the size of a love bird but possessed 
a bill that was bent downward at the tip 
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