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K island was surveyed in 1963# Only one clump of Camparis and on© 
Seaevola bush were found. Tribulus and Boerhavia were widespread, 
'and Lepidium common in the transition zone from bunchgrass to beach. 
There were 40 to 50 clumps of Eragrostis land Lepturus was common. 
Solanum nelson! was also common, and Sigvos was present. Sesuvium 
still occurred on the rocky and wet areas of the eastern portion. 
About five plants of Achyranthes were noted. 
Eittery Island was not present when the Tanager Expedition 
Visited the atoll in 1923, but. appears on the nautical chart's for 
1937* *2he first reference to the island is by Survey personnel, 
and it has had no vegetation since at least 1963* 
Pearl and Hermes Beef has been visited by scientific personnel 
14 time8, beginning with George Willetts stop on North Island in 
1913® Elschner (1915) made geological observations, Pietschmann 
(1930/32**38) sasd^marine observations, Galtsoff ( 1933 ) hydro- 
graphic and marine observations, and the Vanderbilt Expedition -£±$53n) 
collected fish. Thus prior to the first Survey visit in early 19&3 
the only ornithological observations had been 
made by Willett on North only, on Southeast, 
and 
Seal and Crass in 1923,VWoodside and Kramer, who spent an hour and 
a half on Southeast in March 1961. 
Survey personnel have visited the atoll seven times since 
early 1963 » and there are population estimates and breeding biology 
notes from each of these trips. In the following species accounts 
reference for population estimates and notes will be given by 
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