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him down.

About an hour later I found a 3rd specimen along a small outlet to one of the lakelets before mentioned as it ran along the uneven ground and flew, from hillock to hillock its motions were very similar to those of the spotted sandpiper.  Indeed its flight is identically the same, having the same stiff downward curve to the primaries when flying - it does not move the tail up & down however. The notes are mentioned on a preceding page -

A pair of Ravens were seen in the a.m. 

Sannak Is   May 16 1877

Left the harbor about 5 a.m. and sailed against the wind the whole day making but about 65 miles ~ by 8 P.M. [[strikethrough]] A [[/strikethrough]] The sun set about 8.30 P.M.  the light hangs on an hour or more longer so that the night is of comparatively short duration i.e. darkness - About 7:30 P.M. we had a fine view of the volcano of Shisnaldean [[Shishaldin]] The mist about the shore and higher up the large masses of white cumulus clouds concealed the land and surrounding hills while high above the rolling clouds towered the apex of the volcano shining with silvery whiteness as the sun was reflected from its now covered sides and from the top rolled detached masses of clear white vapor at short intervals. With a clear blue sky for a back ground this formed a very beautiful sight 

[[image - sketch of a volcano and rocks]]

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