17 These hills would be a jungle when leafed out. The hills run right to the water's edge but farther around the bay where we walked there was flat country and the lagoons. In the bay there were many Boobies - flesh colored face Brown head and white underparts. Frigate birds and Black Vultures were occasionally seen. In the bay we got sawy several [illegible] Cormorants. They appeared in the water much like grebes. They are rather light colored for cormorants. More cormorants were seen at the lagoon, swimming and perched in the tree. The lagoon was extremely stagnant and full of carp all of which the bird liked. Great blue ferns of a lighter deepering shade were present and several wood this. Many stilts of some variety were feeding in the shallow water. There was a very very small blue lemn plant which