Journal of Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. while with the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on the schooner France, February to October 1924
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the distance. Rough Sketch Map of MOTU KOE ROUGH SKETCH MAP OF. MOTU KOE. <---- East CONNECTING REEF. LAGOON BLOCKED WITH REEFS & CORAL HEADS COCONUTS "DRY" FOREST VILLAGE TARO SWAMP DRY FOREST 2-9-3 A.9-1 Bearing of Motu Ka'ura True N Bearing of Paki'a Pausaly Idea REEF COCONUTS REEF 500 REES = 1300 FT. CLEAR AVENUE 2-9-2 SOUTH CONNECTING REEF. Numerous large purple-legged hermit crabs and a few very large red land crabs (abrosal shell, 3 1/2-4" in dia.). Lizards abundant. About the same type of insect life as the other two islands. Flies sticky, following one about in swarms - (the narrow-fronted sp.). Great numbers of the blue, white spotted butterfly, both male and female. Also a few small, red brown butterflies. At least four spp. of dragonflies. A large brown (common), large red (many), small brown (common), small red (common about taro patch), and one or two specimens of the very large green sided species of Hawaii. Two spp. of black wasp - one like Odynaus and a Sarcoophadid fly on Scaevola besides small flies and a beetle. Gathered a number of "tafono" fruits from the ground (the Kamani-like tree).