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Its highest point reaches 361 foot into the 
Hecent observations of the flora and fauna found on, 'or in close orcx- 
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American Golden Plover ( Pluvialis domlnica ) 
Ruddy Turnstones (Arenaria interores ) 
Sooty Terns ( Sterna fuscata ) 
Common Noddy Terns ( Angus stoIldus ) 
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Red-tailed Tropicbird ( Phaethon rubricauda ) 
VJhite-tailed Tropicbird ( Phaothcn leptnrus ) 
Mandering Tattlers ( Meteroseulus incanum ) 
White(or Fairy) Tern (Gygis alba ) 
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Tno. condition of the flora of.course changes with the time of the year and 
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Gauna population also shows a corresponding fluctuation. As noted before* 
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