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the grass springing up and the birds back again-

During the remainder of February little of interest took place. The weather remained cold. Fredricks and a few other traders wre here from the Yukon and nothing more of interest.

March 1878
The first two weeks of this month were very cold, the last of the third week the weather became very warm reaching 41° on the 14th.

March 21st Kajevnikoff arrived from Nulato with six sleds. His son Paul and Seroaka a native (Qugalikour former cook came down bringing me quite a number of birds and fishes and a foetal porcupine This was a green anomalous looking little animal with long black hair a pig nose and long claws like claws & feet.

Among the birds were about a dozen Hudsonian Titmice and Canada jays, & Pine grosbeaks were numerous, one snow bunting, one Hawk Owl one Snowy Owl and one fine specimen of Legmalnis [[??]] Owl - I furnished them both (Paul & Seroaka) with collecting materials for birds and eggs and instructed them as to what was especially desired. They were very doubtful about getting the eggs of the Canada Jay which they say conceals its nest so that it can rarely be found. It has eggs in April [[strikethrough]] May [[\strikethrough]] and if they are taken the nations say it will cause very cold weather.

Among the birds were also three fine water Ouzels which they tell me remain all winter