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of plants on this island. The main one being Pissonia trees 
which grow to fifty or sixty feet in height, there are ailso 
some introduced coconut palms, but the cocnuts prove too bitter 
fcr my taste. 
sVe found on the island no unredorded specie of bird and 
generally fewer birds than expected- and most of these were nesting 
too high in the trees to be banded. eVe also observed polonesian 
rats in abundance, much larger than the ones 1 sav; on nure; 
a small series was collected. It is interesting to note that 
within the hull of one of these wrecks was small population 
of horway rats that livea on tne gra,in in its hold, but it has 
not yet been recorded on the island. 
After dark i banded boobies for an hour or so. 
October 15» 1964 
Woke up to a light but steady rainwhich kept us near to camp 
until well past noon at which time it cleared enough to collect 
reef fish with the aid of notonone.Unlike the plants of thts 
Atoll the fish abound in all color, form and shape, such a 
collection 1 have never seen before and ± would venture to say 
that the reef fish of the Marshall Islands might be included in 
the seven wonders of the world. 
The evening was spent collecting blood samples and banding. 
October 16, 1964 
Once ggain we woke up to a light rain and hung around the tent 
until noon when the skies cleared and we departed via fait for 
the other islands in the atoll. Stopped briefly at daboero-to 
a mere wisp of sand, barren of all but ground cover and one 
sanderling which is a record, though all atmpts to collect proved 
frustrating and embarrassing to the marksmen. On arriving at 
Arumeni and JAboerukku-to i.they are joined by coral reef; we 
set up camp on the later and surveyed the island .in character 
it is not unlike daboero-to only there are no palms.' discovered 
a nesting white-tailed Trooicbird and other members of the party 
discovered two pairs of V/edge-tailed shearv/aters nesting with 
chicks; w'hich constitute a new record. The island also has a small 
colony of sooty Terns. 
The evening was scent banding Boobies. 
