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see that there has ever been room for many mare. The molting can best be checked by a 
count at the period when eggs have been deposited. 
May 14 —Beacon set up for Tanager attracted many Wedge-tailed Shearwater who squllled 
and groaned to such an extent that I did not get an over amount of sleep. 
Mr. Gerril Wilder c ame off today with a great quantity of seed and seedlings 
secured through C. S. Judd, Executive officer of the Board of Agriculture and I sent out 
Eric Schlemmer with him to show him suitable places for planting. Two sailors carried 
the seed. Following is a list of the material received. 
Calophyllum inophyllum—native Kamani 1 gunny sack 
Barringtonia asiatica Botong (dn P.d.) 2 gunny sacks 
Casuarina equisitipolia Lowland Ironwood 2 pounds 
Thespisia populuea Milo 5 pounds 
Pritchardia pacifica Fiji Fan Palm 10 pounds 
Leucaena glanca Ipil-ipil Haoli Koa 26 pounds 
Haematoxylum cauxpochianum Logwood 5 pounds 
Ipomea pro-caprae Beach Morning Glory (Pohuehue) l/2 pound 
Scaevola frutracens Beach Kaupaka (Waupaka Kahakai, Huahikili) 1 pkt 
Hibiscus tiliacens Hay seed 1 pkt 
Hibiscus Tiliacens Hay 1 potted plants 9 plants 
Hibiscus tiliacens Hay seed baanches 40 
Mr. Wilder who was in Laysan 18 years ago tells me that he sees no marked decrease in 
the number of albatross now over the condition then. 
May 19 —[traveling toward Lisiansky] An occasional Sooty Tern or Laysan Albatross 
passed and many Black-footed Albatross hung over our wake. Wedge-tailed Shearwaters 
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