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Iguanas of all sizes were abuiulaut. The seal was the onl}- one secured ont of six or 

 eight seen. No insects were seen except a small fly. 



July 27. — Skinned birds all the morning. Immediately after dinner wc got 

 ready to go ashore, Beck and myself taking our gnns. After a long and hard pnll 

 against cnrrent, wind, and tide, we were landed at the same point as yesterday's 

 party. Harris shot two seals, one of which managed to got into the water, even 

 with two bullet-holes throngh him. Doves {Xe.iopelia galajjagensis exsul) were 

 very numerous, and conld bo killed with stcmes. The finches were also very 

 abundant, and seemed to like e(jually well the bare rocks along the shore and the 

 vegetation higher up. Two or three specimens of the warbler were obtained. A 

 slate-coloured tern {Anous sfolidus galapat/cnaiiC) was as thick as conld be in some 

 places, nearly covering the io\n of the rocks. The nests of the frigate birds, 

 composed of twigs, were jjlaced among the rocks everywhere, while the young 

 boobies kept up a continual squeaking from their nests in the bushes. Several 

 shearwaters' eggs were taken. The one nest that I fonnd was under a rock, almost 



N.E. SIDE OF Culpepper Island. 

 (All the collecting was done on the slope to which the arrow points.) 



concealed by a pea vino. The cliff all the way up was covered with terns, gulls, and 

 frigate liirds. Some smaller crabs were feeding on young birds that had met with 

 an untimely end. Shot a couple of red-billed tropic birds {I'liarthon aethrn^iis), 

 which were in much better plumage than those secured some time back, the bills 

 bemg redder and the tail feathers longer.* Many sharks were observed. The gulls 

 were very numerous. The island is composed of sandstone and lava. It is rather 

 dangerous in getting about in parts, on account of the softness of the stone, which 

 sinks beneath one's weight. Shot twenty more birds — doves, finches, warblers, and 

 one frigate bird. Left the island about 5.45, and reached the vessel at dark. 



July 28.— Skinned birds all day. 



July iiit. — All of ns started to Culpepper before a.m. Hull and myself were 

 landed witli instructions to get some frigate birds, boobies, gnlls, etc. Harris and 

 Beck kept around the shore awhile, and picked up three tropic birds, some terns 

 and petrels. Immediately after we landed Hull and myself saw a large seal. When 



* Those found ne.ir 'larion Island were P, ruhricaudo. — Ed. 



