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R.Clapp
1964
Oct. 11 Sibylla Island, Taongi Atoll
Spent the morning exploring the southern end
of Sibylla Islet and the next islet to the south.
Stopped and did not go onto the final islet which
was barren of vegetation as we had to be back
for a radio check at 3:00.
The second islet, the one below Sibylla,
was quite barren. Only Red-tailed Tropicbirds
were nesting on it under the Scaevola. A fairy
tern nest was seen about 4 feet up on the
horizontal branch of a Messerschmidtia.
Molluscs were uncommon in the sea wrack but
two kinds of killer clam shells were seen on the
lagoon side of the island. One was the sort
seen in the Phoenix Islands.
Several small cones similar to Hebrew cones
were found in the sea wrack and a larger form
was found in front of camp.