![Transcription Center logo](/themes/custom/tc_theme/assets/image/logo.png)
This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
[[start page]] June 19, 1873 Chichagoff. Harbor Attu. Mya pike arenaria Buc. cyaneum Lit. Sitkana modiolaria Acmaea pelta Argobuc.. "[[ditto for: Acmaea]] patina [[Placunani.?]] Serripes Laperousii no Chrysod. lyratus many sponges on beach. A small black petrel, gulls, white bodied albatross, white grouse 2 sp. [[Mormon?]], shags, Uria sp. seen. No mice on island. Plect. nivalis & lapponicus, several snipe, [[strikethrough]] Anser Hutchinsii & nigricans. [[/strikethrough]] Rocks have metamorphic slates very hard with some porphyrite intruded much contorted. [[end page]] [[start page]] Attu birds Plectrophanes lapponicus breeds " [[ditto for: Plectrophanes]] nivalis [[strikethrough]] breeds [[/strikethrough]] resident Melospiza insignis resident Anorthura hyemalis var. [[alascesis?]] resident Lagopus [[albus?]] resident Corvus carnivorus resident [[Halaestus?]] leucocephalus resident [[Brachyotus?]] cassini resident [[Mormon?]] cirrhata resident [[Mormon?]] [[corniculata?]] " [[ditto for: resident]] Thalassidroma furcata breeds " [[Ditto for: Thalassidroma]] leachii breeds Tringa sp: breeds Uria comumba resident Lanis [[strikethrough]] [[leucoptern?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[glanciscens?]]resident Rissa? tridaclyla resident Graculus sp. resident Somateria V. - nigra breds Snipe with white body & dark wings. Bernicla nigricans breeds Anser Gambellii - passes Murres plenty - Uria californica [[end page]]
Transcription Notes:
Latin names for SECOND page need checking.
Latin names checked for first page. Geographic names checked/verified: Chichagoff Harbor, Attu (& Attu birds)
Good transcription help: http://siobhanleachman.tumblr.com/post/96042084076/transcribing-tips-from-a-fellow-volunpeer