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[[image - pencil drawing showing the some of the rock/soil formations of the Head of Popoff straits. Labeled sandstone etc, lava, met sandst]]
NW Head of Popoff straits
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Hirunds bicolor & Haematopus niger were observed but no specimens obtained at Unalashka about June 1.
The latter was obtained with eggs considerably incubated at Popoff Island. Shumagins June 20. Also Sterna macrura with eggs & Larus leucopterus. A considerable number of specimens more or less injured, of [[Lunhelion? Sunhelion?]] & Buc. Kennicottii were obtained in the grass on the Popoff Id Sand Pt.
Also Mytilus edulis, Standella sp. Mod. modiolus, Acmaea patina mitra & persona. Card. Nuttallii Chry. liratus, Argobuccinum oregonense Volutopsis Beringi, Macoma sp Card. laperonsii, Buc. cyaneum var & glaciali & "sand cakes in abundance. The west shore of Popoff island is of black basaltic lava which also breaks through

Transcription Notes:
Species and location names checked as well as possible. Questionable ones put in [[?]]. Hirunds bicolor - type of bird Haematopus niger - oyster catcher bird Sterna macrura - Arctic tern Larus leucopterus - Iceland gull Liratus is a type of land snail!