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Plants / Erlebary Lake
Sida acuta
Cucumis sp.
Patula glaucus
Digitalis purpurea
heptopus repens
Brickhousea diffusa
Coriophora foliiformis
Eleusine indica
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Spongia a involuculus sp.
Mesembryanthemum cruentum
Cordia subcordata
Amaranthus
Collecting number: 1990-2610.
Some preliminary mapping done.
July 14, 1964 - to ship for supplies. Plant
around - dry plants taken from pieces.
Into field 3:30 pm. Walking west towards Lagoon or
to north end of island - mapping, placing of stakes.
Large colony I nestling lesser frigate near by
old ruins - nesting in dead Cordia - Mesembry-
anthemum
In open - nest on Sida compared to Brickhousea,
side twig. Also nests in dead Cordia & peeled
twig of Sida - Brickhousea platforms apparently
recently added to (judging from color)
bottoms (gloves) or top (harness) materials.