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HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1923 
Arrive On Matsonia; Trip 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, Washington, D. C., and C. E. Reno, Phoe- 
)i\» Ariz., who arrived on the Matsonia this morning. The two scien- 
both representatives of the federal biological survey, will make 
trip to the Bird island reservation on the mine sweeper Tanager 
Bishop Museum experts. * \ < 
Two members of the party of sci¬ 
entists who will sail from Honolulu 
about April X for the Bird island 
reservation to study fauna and flora 
there arrived oh the liner Matsonia 
from San ETancJsco this morning. 
They are Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
Washington, D. C.. and C. E. Reno, 
Phoenix, Ariz., both identified with: 
the federal biological survey. 
The expedition, which is to sail 
on the mine sweeper Tanager, 
und^r the command of Dieut. 
Comdr. Samuel King, will make a 
survey of the small islands which 
lie to the west of the Hawaiian 
group and will go as far as Mid¬ 
way. The scientists, according to 
Dr. Wetmore, will be away from 
two to four months. 
I “The birds on Daysan island are 
well known,” Dr. Wetmore said to¬ 
day, “but the plant and animal life 
gnd the geological structure of other 
islands in that region has scarcely, 
been looked into. The conditions on 
the very small islands in that vi¬ 
cinity are not known at all. We 
shall try to make a clean-up on this 
trip.” 
The work to be undertaken by 
Reno, who is officially assistant to 
Dr. Wetmore, will be the eradica¬ 
tion of the hordes of rabbits on 
Da y s ap . After this task has been 
accomplished he will assist in the 
collection of species of birds and 
mammals. 
“I hope to be able to do away 
with the rabbits by means of poi¬ 
soned alfalfa leaves,” Reno ex¬ 
plained today. “I expect to have 
some luck with thi3 pi’oeess, but if 
I find that it is fatal to birds also, 
some other means will have to be 
devised., 
“We are carrying guns on this 
trip, and, of course, will use them 
to some extent. Our firearms, I 
expect, will put the finishing 
touches to the job.” 
Ope other mainland man, Donald 
R. Dickey of Pasadena, Calif., a 
motion, picture camera operator, 
w'ill arrive Saturday on the City of 
.Los Angeles to join the expedition. 
I>r. Herbert B. Gregory of the 
Bishop Museum said today that he 
has not decided what scientists 
from that institution will make the 
trip or exactly when it will start. 
“We are having a meeting today 
and will be able to make a definite 
announcement by the end of this 
week, I hope.” he said. 
