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Once over the cliff there is a long slope to the summit. The upper 
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surface of the island is rounded and has considerable soil. It supports much 
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vegetation, partly herbaceous and partly shrubby. There is a clump of dark 
green bushes on the northern summit. The island, is one third of a mile long 
by half as broad. 
On the northern face is a huge cave sixty feet in diameter by nearly 200 
feet deep, the famous caves of Kuimoana, largest shark god of the islands 
whose form turned to stone may be made out at the entrance. White terns nested above 
its dark entrance...It the southeast point there is a submerged ledge over which 
surf breaks heavily. With the wind blowing directly on it landing is impracticalbe. 
Following is a slight attempt at an estimate of the birds as seen from the 
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ship: 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 2000++ 
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Bulwer's Petrel 100:+ 
Blue-faced Booby 500 
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Red-footed Booby 2500 
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Common Booby 200 
Tropicbird 100 
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Frigatebird 5000 
Noddy 5000 
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Gray-backed Tern kOOO 
Sooty Tern 10,000 
Hawaiian Tern 1000 
White Tern 100 
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Necker Is. Tern 25 • • . 
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