Ho omen . J. V. 
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because these eggs ere smaller with different ground color end spotting. Decide 
to collect them later and continue eastward past protesting cranes to the 
Abraham River, do n it to the tidal ice ft its mouth broken up into 
peculiar eollumnar crystals on its surface nowi Many arctic terns at the 
sand spit beach end a surprising; amount of driftwood including? sawn off 
cotton wood logs and stumps. Win finds a Russian (?) light bulb and s fishing 
float end is encouraged by this luck into following beach . I cut bank to 
to the hill though, climb to my raven cliffs where pair of them protest in g 
graceful dives but I fail to find nest at first so climb 3 g. The rock 
pinnacles then continue to the hilltop where there is a cairn and b beau- 
tiful view of the whole eastern end of the island. Miles of empty tundra up 
here but evidence reindeer use it in vrnter. 1 turn west to reach the 
$. high point of linn lcaghul ghat Mtn. where a snow bunting sings on the 2 
cairns. Back down at raven rocks 1 find the nest and inspect it after a 
tough climb of 15 * with the parents divine within spitting distance end 
caw in • madly, Best of willow and bird|i sticks end one reindeer rib about 
2 1 across, 1* thick lined with white hair and underfur (reindeer, fox, 
husky?) containing 2 big feathereless chicks with bills as wide as they ere 
long, no eggs. 
Returning to camp I pick up my shorebird eggs which I blow after dinner. 
Jun .e 15 . 1.9f>4 
Mid-June ft. Lawrence Island, he walk down to the village this morning 
and speak with Clarence about our return in Sept, end boat to SR Cape. Then 
walk around n hour-- I to point west where I watch flocks 300 birds one 
inute, 500 next, 300 next for rand' ro period ell pass toward east. Some 
whalebones there. Com. elder, pintail, her. gull, no, phalerope, r. £ urng tone 
