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Schr Bella- near Ounalaska Is - May 17 1877 The wind died away in the morning and we lay becalmed until afternoon when a westwind sprang up against which we are beating- We lay off Akouna Is all day- Many waterfowl were seen about the boat but no species not noted before The dark colored petrels (Leaches?) were observed in large flocks. Several Sea Parrots [[image - sketch of a Parrot's head]]] were seen also- Along the sides of the bluffs are streaks of red probably Hematite iron ore from which the natives make a red paint. They also make a black paint from plumbago which they find on the Is- Ounalaska May 18 1877 Arrived early in the morning A strong wind arising in the night and blowing all the next day. Ounalaska May 19 1877 Went out shooting in the afternoon - killed 2 Eiders ♂ [[male]] & ♀ [[female]] , which I have not yet identified. The species is common in Dutch Harbor I also obtained a small auk ( ) and 2 juv. specimens of Larus leucopterus The specimens are in nearly adult plumage but on one there is only a trace of the red spot on the lower & mandible and in the others it is about 1/2 the size of the same spot in the adult. Around the head land beyond [[strikethrough]] Caplan [[/strikethrough]] Dutch
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