200 EXPEDITION TO POINT BA11KOW, ALASKA. 



August 29. f'rosMiig the inoutli of I'eurd Bay. Temp, of water 42 F. Observed a few 

 Limacina pucifn-n : ' white grains" very plenty. Ilcroii roseola and other acalephs rather abundant 

 at night. 



BEIUNG SKA. 



September 4. Latitude G5 1C' N., longitude. KiJ 30' W. 

 Ain'clia labinta ; not plenty. 

 Cyaiieu postelsil ; not plenty. 

 Staurophora mcrtcnsii ; not plenty. 

 fr-fiteniber 8. Anchored oil St. Michael's. 

 Aurelia htbiata : not plenty. 

 ('i/aitea poxtclaii ; not plenty. 

 September !). Anchored off St. Michael's. 

 Aiu'iiin lbita ; not plenty. 

 Cijmica pontelfii ; not ]>lenty (one red one). 



September 12. Tn Xortoii Sound. Water at noon full of AitreHu lublnin of J.u^c si/.e arid 

 apparently spawning'. A. few Cyanea postclsii observed. 



September l;). In Xorton Sound, A few acalephs only observed. We had very rou^h weather 

 1'roin Norton Sound to Unala.ska and observed no surface life. 



September 21. Kinilask;'.. Observed in shoal water close to the beach a peculiar large acaleph. 

 about afoot across (lie uiiibn-lla. Closely allied to AitreHa, with very short marginal tentacles, 

 and rather short labial lappets. Color, a rich violet blue. 



The weather in crossing the Pacific Ocean from Unalaska to San Francisco was generally rough 

 and no observations of any importance could be made. 



O. LIST OF UIIJDvS NOTICED AT 1'LOVER BAY. EASTERN S1BEEIA, AUGUST 21 



TO 25, 1881. 



A-nlhuy sj).;* rather common round the Eskimo village. 



Corr-us rora.r : abundant and remarkably (ame round the houses. 



Strepxilax iiiti -*/< : lairl.y abundant. 



Aetodromux mucxhttti : one taken. 



Aetodromas bairdi; one taken Vadly mutilated. 



Pelidna (tlplna amerh-fin .'. one immature male taken. 



Ereitnctcs pusillu-s ; i'airly abundant in small flocks. 



Phalaropus fulicarius ; one small flock seen. 



Somati:fi. r->ti(/ra; quite plenty; mostly females and young two-thirds "TOTTD. 



Phalacrocorax dlloplnis ? ;* very plenty . 



AV.sm tridactyla: plenty. 



Lams cachinnan.t ' ;* plenty and very tame. 



8tercorarivs parasitictts ; several seen flying around the bay in clear weather. 



Fratercula cornieulata; plenty: one taken. 



Lunda t-irrhata; plenty. 



Oiceroniapusillat ;* very uiunerons in good-sized flocks. 



1'i-itt grylle; very numerous. 



Lorn fin arra? ;* plenty. 



These observations were confined to the immediate neighborhood of the "sauclspit," where wo 

 lay waiting for dear weather to make time-observations at the United States Coast inul rieodetic 

 Survey station. 



"Not. f:ll<PU. 



