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Notebooks, circa 1896-1897 : vol. III, Middle Kurels, 1896

by: Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943

Publication date: 1896

Topics: International Fur-Seal Commission, Northern fur seal, Zoologists

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

This field book contains Stejneger's notes from his research in various locations in the middle Kuril Islands. Pages are numbered 301-356. Stejneger's notes are narrative and describe his observations of the landscape (included is a long description of Raikioke Island) and daily events A list of the number of seals killed and skinned is included. Stejneger also notes seal sightings. In this notebook, he comments about the scarcity of seals compared to the number of seals 12 years before. Between pages 324 and 325 is a bird list

Abstract: This field book contains Stejneger's notes from his research in various locations in the middle Kuril Islands. Pages are numbered 301-356. Stejneger's notes are narrative and describe his observations of the landscape (included is a long description of Raikioke Island) and daily events A list of the number of seals killed and skinned is included. Stejneger also notes seal sightings. In this notebook, he comments about the scarcity of seals compared to the number of seals 12 years before. Between pages 324 and 325 is a bird list.