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Lehner, P.
1964
147
Nov. 14 - continued 4
at the raft Binion gave the boy (about 6 yrs. old)
a can of peanuts (we later discovered that he
had taken one can of peanuts and one carton
of cigarettes - the only case of thievery we
saw on the whole trip); there were numerous
jelly fish washed up on the shore here as there
were on Kotabu; we left Tukerere Island at
2:15, decided to look over the next island
north, motored towards it and landed at 2:50;
there some Black-naped Terns and Hawaiian Noddy's
amongst the tall vegetation, but nothing was
numerous; although the island was crowded with
tall trees none were palm trees; we left
this Island at 3:00 P.M. and headed for
the ship - on the way we collected a
Brown Booby on a coral head marker in the
middle of the lagoon; we arrived at the ship
at 4:40; while unloading the raft Ken
managed a beautiful somersault dive over the
side into the lagoon - he also managed to keep
his glasses on and everything in his pockets -
a fine performance; we ate and at 6:30 P.M.
I took the raft into Butaritari and picked
up George, Larry and Dave, who were waiting
at the pier with their band of faithful
followers; they had collected: 1 Bristle-thighed Curlews,
6 Wandering Tattlers, 2 Golden Plover, 3 Reddy Turnstones,
3 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, 1 Erolia sp., and saw
a New Zealand Cuckoo; on promises to the kids.
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