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in winter and once he /filled two Canada Geese and gave the heads to 
Bryan. 
" Babbits were brought in about 1901. At that time as old photos 
indicate the island was p^asantly green with vegetation but now the rabbits 
have destroyed all this growth. 
" 26 also brought in guinea pigs and had hogs there at one time but 
killed them as they destrpyed too many eggs. Cows were brought over but 
died in a short time. 
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" AlbatrossS were formerly more abundant than now." 
April 3 ** Completed purchases , 
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April 4 - Depart 
Party: A. Wetmore, C.3. Beno, D.R. Dicky (Photographer), D.P. Pullaway 
(Entomologist, Board of Agriculture), E.L. Caurn^?? (Botanist), Dr. S. 
j->all (Biologist), D. inaanum?? (collector of marine invertebrates), 
J.W. Thompson (preparator. expert in fishes. Bishop Museum), C. Grant ( 
my assistant in ornithology, army major ondetached servise), Eric 
Schlemmer (general utility man, son of Max Schlemmer). 
went "between Eauai and Hiihau 
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r Slack-footed albatross were about in small numbers and I saw a few 
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wedge-tailed shearwaters •^ 
April 5 - Eihoa in sight. t 
" The Laysan albatross appeared here. Many black-footed albatross are 
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about the wake and hundreds of wedge-tailed shearwaters ? 
over the 
water. Occassionally we see a tropic-bird (red-tailed), Sula cyanops, a 
wnite tern, or P ypcelsterM . .saxa tills,. Sterna lunata , or a Prigate bird. " 
Passed Hecker at midnight 
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