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low altitude aerial surveys of Eure were made in December 1956 and 
February and May 1957 by Messrs. Aldrich, Robbins, Kenyon, and Rice of the 
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Kenyon and Rice spent the day of 
5 June 1957 ashore on Green Island, the first biologists to visit the island 
In 54 years. They noted thirteen species of seabirds, three species of 
shorebirds, Hawaiian monk seals, and one rat, and include a brief $e scrip- 
tion of the/lsland in their paper ( 1958 ). 
In October 1959 a team composed of Chandler S. Robbins and Thomas C. 
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Horn of the Bureau Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Dr. Horace Clay, Botanist, 
University of Hawaii, made’biological observations on the island,and Naval 
personnel bulldozed trails from beach to interior in approximately 19 places 
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in an effort to make the island more suitable as a breeding ground for 
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albatrosses. 
Eighteen species of birds were recorded on Green Island during the six 
day stay. Six of these species were migratory, the remaining were sea birds, 
of which seven species were nesting, two were not, and three may have been, 
though nests were not found. Monk seals were frequently observed along the 
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beaches, and rats were present by the thousands. (Robbins ^959) • A 
description of the island and the work accomplished is contained in a report 
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by Griffith (1959). Seventeen species of vascular plants, and their distri¬ 
bution and associations on Green Island, were discussed by Clay ( 1961 ), 
Chandler S. Robbins, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, spent 5 
hours on Kure 28 March i 960 . Four species of breeding sea birds, are 
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briefl. mentioned in a report on this trip (i 960 ). 
Between 12 and lU September 1961 a scientific party of 10 persons, 
composing the Harold J. Coolldge Expedition, made observations on luire. 
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