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d : Gaac}’ Inland. hay I?, 1923 : Abunf ant• Copulation is frequent among these 
‘birds out as yet I have found no eyas. I have seen them here attempting often to 
cohabit with female nativitatus At a conservative estimate, there are 25,000 of these 
3 ircis on Li siansky. 
1923 : Common at sea he tween ilaro and Dowsett and Gardiner Island. 
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liner Island . Hay 22. 1923 : On the western face of the island “below the summit 
I secured one in the farthest recess of a deep crevice in beneath a, rock, fifteen 
feet from the outer surface, hr. hall reported two others. 
IT ihoa. Island. Kay 2,4-2 6 . 1923 : Thousands of shearwaters circled past the ship. 
As we lay* at anchor., many rising high to circle in over the highest peak at an 
altitude of over 900 feet. Frigate birds lay in wait for diem as they circled 
in, rise in the lee of the island, and with lazy beats of their long wings drive the 
smaller birds downward. If the shearwater failed to disgorge, the pirate often 
seized them, by wing or tail upended, and gave them a shake or two that often 
started a shower of food. 
Beyond the lees of the island hundreds swept back and forth in a twenty five 
mile wind rising and falling over the huge swells .-They rose and fell 
catching a" new equilibrium adroitly with each new gust or if the wind force 
failed behind the crest of some huge wave dropping Id patter along for a few feet 
over the water. 
May 27. 1923 : Today I was surprised to see several as we were passing Kaena ?oi 
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the cliffs of Waianaw on Oahu 10 to 12 miles offshore. 
hihoa Island. June 11 - 16 . 1923 : The most abundant species on the island, estimated 
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30,000 individuals. The birds are now laying and fresh eggs are scatterred 
everywhere over the slopes of the island. The soil of Hihoa is thin, overly in 
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solid rock and is filled with stones so that is does not lend itself readily to 
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