
March 3. 1872. The larger sea ducks are leaving and becoming scarcer every day
The smaller ones still linger.
The sea quail &c are said to breed on the rocky islets about May 1 - 10 and to hatch about June 1. The gulls are said to have a second brood in July - August.
Find on the inside of Amaknak a whole lower whorl with column of the Scaphella of which a worn apex was previously picked up & refused to ballast or [[whales?]].
It is very like S. magellanica of a livid purplish white with 4 - 6 whorls very slender with three sharp plaits on the column