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Bird population is as follows: 
Diomedea immutabills 100 pairs 
Diomedea nigripes 75 pairs 
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Puffinus cuneatus 1750 pairs 
Puffinus nativitatis 2 pairs 
Phaeton 4 pairs 
Sula cyanpps 150 pairs * 
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Anous 400 pairs 
In addition about 20 Sula piscator and half a dozen Fregata roost here at 
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night. Gygis and Sterna fuscata pass in small numbers and curlew. Turnstone and 
Golden Plover range in smal 1 numbers in the beaches. 
At one point there is remains of an old tripod of timbers and b£low it a threel 
inch iron pipe driven in the sand with a boxing of wood around it. Not far away 
are two portions of masonry of large fire-bricks held together in two blocks 
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three feet square by 6 feet long. The bricks are old style flat bricks 
and the masonry is apparetnly ancient. The two masses now lie on the beach. The 
use of these is problematical. 
The island has been much larger but has been cut away by storm. 
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A gentle taade wind blows steadily and one does not feel the need of 
shade. Shearwaters, Blue-faced Boobies, Noddies and young albatross are all 
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about our camp...Shearwaters here are still mating and at nightfall gather in 
large numbers to moan al 1 through the night. 
Judd has planted the following on King Island. 
50 cuttings of Hibiscus tiliaceus (Hau) 
8 sprouted coconuts 
seed of Haematoxylon campichia^um Logwood 
seed of Thespesia populma Milo 
