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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
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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.

Transcription Notes:
Latin names checked. Geographic names checked/verified: Adakh, Amchitka Id, Constantine Harbor Good transcription help: http://siobhanleachman.tumblr.com/post/96042084076/transcribing-tips-from-a-fellow-volunpeer