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[[top margin]] x seen or killed at Adakh [[/margin]] Amchitka Id. --Constantine Harbor-- Birds seen & collected Colymbus torquatus, abundant. √ Nettion carolinensis - breeds x√ Uria columba " [[Ditto for: breeds]] x√ Mormon cirrhatus " [[Ditto for: breeds]] x√ Mormon corniculatus " [[Ditto for: breeds]] √ Ombria psittacula " [[Ditto for: breeds]] √ [[strikethrough]] a small gray hawk [[/strikethrough]] x√ a hawk like Kyska sp. gyrfalcon? [[gyrfalcon is written in ink over pencil]] x√ Larus glaucescens √ Anorthura var Alascensis " [[ditto for: breeds]] √ Plectrophanes nivalis " [[ditto for: breeds]] x√ [[strikethrough]] Finch like [[/strikethrough]] M. insignis √ Snipe like Kyska sp. [[insertion]] T. maritima [[/insertion]] x√ Lagopus albus breeds √ Thalassidroma Leachii x√ Graculus bicristatus x abund Haematopus niger. x√ Stercorarius sp. x√ Harelda glacialis √ Colymbus septentrionalis breeds x√ Corvus carnivorus √ Phaleris cristatella √ Sterna macrura √ Mergus serrator x√ Somateria V nigra x(√ Adakh. Plect. lapponicus) √x Uria californica [[end page]] [[start page]] See Placunanomia on beach and get a small shell of which I dont know the genus, as well as Cancellaria circumcincta The rocks here are metamorphic or eruptive, the east side of the harbor consisting of low bluffs of a dark colored crystalline rock with enclosed black crystals no bedding and bluffs not over 60 feet high. The west side appears to be of a highly metamorphosed conglomerate, in similar low bluffs. Chry. liratus rare Argobuccinum not common New mesalia-like scalaria. Painted buccinum Argobuc. abundant.
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Latin names checked. Geographic names checked/verified: Adakh, Amchitka Id, Constantine Harbor
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