5-2 



;mi nist^M.w m is^ i"i i..\M-.ors idiiiH -ncixs 



also i^laooil alnnu l\\c water towor at the uorthcvn imuI of the islainl, 

 in order to have aiKHtional material it' it >hoiiUl In- neecKHl lor hret'din^' 

 purposes in the liiture. 



While at the rortiij;as a earet'iil hiril eensus was made, as usual. 

 By the use ot' a hliiid, a series o\ photOL:raphs of the heautiful roseate 

 tern. iiestinLj here alnm(.lantl\ . was seeureil. The aeeompaii\ iiij^' illus- 

 tration shows one of these hirds together with an unhalehed e>;i; aiiil 

 a hahe. 



V\i\. 51.- Rosoato torn, yoiiiis;, ami oii.u. lUish Koy. l\u m^.is, 1- 



i"\TOMoi.O(;ir.\i. I'xri-mruix to ai.a.ska 



In May. lOJi . Pr. J. M. AUlrieh. Assoeiate t'nrator o\ Inseeis. l". ."^ 

 National Museum, was tletailed to eoUeet inseets in Alaska, espceiallv 

 in the imeritM-. I'he museum had \ery little material from Alaska, 

 except t rom the ei>ast region. The j^overnment railroad, extending 

 from the si>uthern eoast north to l''airhanks. was nearing eompletion. 

 and otlered opportunii\ for tra\el not heretofore existing. It ap- 

 peared also that the completion of the railroad would prohahlv lead 

 to an increase of population which would create greater interest in 

 the insects of the region. 



