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615.
Silmo Sicrastonyx O
1931
June 11 Unalakleet, Norton Sd, Alaska
Eskimo women ripated me last
winter. Said it was found on snow
Drift & thought by some to have
dropped from the sky. Most
Natives interviewed denied my
knowledge of them. They are
certainly stars at any rate.
June 20, Campbell, St. Lawrence Sd, Alaska.
No. 1616 was taken from a couple of
Eskimo kids on the beach by Mr. Otto
Wm Eust, who kindly turned it over to
me. They are scarred, this being the
third seen on St. Lawrence in 3 yrs by
Mr. Eust & and are almost unknown
by the younger people. The older
people have same belief that they
fall from the sky when found & even ascribe a zigzag
descent to their fall. No. 1616
had four embryos, fairly well
developed, and had four teeth (1
mugual, 1 abdominal, 1 thoracic,
and 1 axillary)
June 21- July 12 Sevoonga, St. Lawrence
Sd, Bering Sea, Alaska - Obtained