Diary, 1914, of trip with Wilfred Hudson Osgood and George Howard Parker to Pribilof Islands, Alaska
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In the fall there are many individuals and green frogs insects commonly the slippers & and bright queen June 29 We were at Sealion Rock in the afternoon. Oxford and took photographs of the birds and seals where Whitney & Parker counted the seals. We saw several sealion (5 or 6) on the rocks around each end. On the island was breeding a number of Common Cullwate gulls, but very few Puffins. Puffins 3 members Sealion Rock Parker & Whitney count seals B 63 - 364c 35H (Whitney) 35 H (Parker) (June 30) Gyptich 1 - 3 1 - 1 1 - 2 - 2 1 - 2 1 - 6 - 4 1 - 30 - 12 1 - 1 1 - 3 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 1 - 20 4+ 1 - 2 1 1 - 1 4 - 3 - (3) 120 20 + 3 - 1 - 16 5 4 - 1 1 - 28 Many pops 1 - 22 3/4 120 (52+) 1 - 36 1 - 3 - 72 25+ 1 - 8 4 414 26 4 [illegible] The gulls are in the first part of the island, but the number of puffins is not yet known.