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the guano above that at times formed smalI stalactites. 
Sloping shelves gave access to the lower portion but the top was inaccessible 
because of the loose nature of the rock. The island can be scaled on the western 
end but we busied ourselves with collecting and did not attempt it. The rock 
rises in two rounded points with a slight saddle between. It is only about 150 
feet wide at the widest point. The summit is white with the excrement of birds. 
Following are the birds noted: 
Blue-faced Booby 20 
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Red-footed Booby 30 
Common Booby 30 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 50 
• , * 1 
Bulwer’s Petrel 1 
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Frigatebird 5 ■ 
* 
Tropicbird 6 
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Noddy 800 
W % 
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Hawaiian Tern 150 
White Tern 300 
Necker Island T rn 20 
June 28—Following is the list of bird inhabitants of Tern Island: 
Black-footed Albatross 8 young’.' i 
""'Sfciv' if • 
Bulwer 1 s Petrel lpair 
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater 250 pair . 
Blue-faced Booby 8 pairs 
* 
Noddy 500 pair 
Sooty Ter^i 3500 pairs 
The island is about 600 yards long by 150 yards wide. The eastern half is 
a long curving sandspit, from 6 to 8 feet above the sea which is swept in time 
