Collections of marine fauna were made at Pearl and Hermes between 1927 
and 1930 by Captain Anderson and his associates* by Dr. Victor Pietschmann* 
a fellow of the Bishop Museum from Vienna* in 1928 * and by Dr. Paul 8. Galtsoff 
in 1930* The fish collections of the Tanager Expedition* and those of Anderson 
and Pietschmann* were treated by Pietschmann (1930 and 1938)* Fowler and Ball 
(1925)/ and Fowler (1927* 1928* 1931* 193^ and 1 9 ^ 9 ). Echinoderms collected 
by these persons weiediscussed by Holly (1932). Galtsoff* who directed the 
studies of the pearl oyster fisheries at Pearl and Hermes in 1930* has pub¬ 
lished identifications of several groups of marine invertebrates ( 1935 )* 
including Porifera* Coelenterata* Echinodermata* Mollusca* and Crustacea* as 
well as fishes«His paper also discusses the ocean¬ 
ography of the lagoon and adjacent waters. 
The George Vanderbilt Pacific Equatorial Expedition stopped briefly at 
Pearl and Hermes in the summer of 1951* Vernon Brock censused the seal herds 
at each Leeward island visited by the Expedition and his data are presented 
by Bailey (1952). Personnel of the Pacific Ocean Fisheries Investigations 
collected marine life at the atoll in May 1956^ Southeast Island was visited 
briefly in March 1961 by David H. Woodside and Raymond J. Kramer of the 
Division of Fish and Game of the State of Hawaii. They made general ob¬ 
servations on the wildlife* established photographic stations* and set up 
refuge signs. Their observations were presented in an unpublished report 
( 1961 ) to the Division of Fish and Game® In addition to these landings* 
several aerial surveys have been made of Pearl and Hermes by personnel of the 
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife^ as followss December 1956 by Dr. John 
1 ' f \ • * 
W. Aldrich; Karl W# Kenyon and Dale W. Rice on December 9 and 17* 1956* 
January 7 and 2^* April 15* and May l4*. 1957* 
Their observations were reported in two unpublished memos (Aldrich* 1957* 
and Rice* 1957)* and papers on the monk seal (kenyon and Rice* 1959) &nd the 
