. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. SITKA RAVENS 51. GREEK CHURCH, SITKA. were very wild. Our mam- mal collectors put out 100 small traps and caught only two mice. I was fortunate enough to see and hear the water ouzel along Indian River, a bird like a big water-colored pebble with a liquid bubbling song, caught from the currents about it. Here also I saw the golden-crowned kinglet, the varied thrush, the russet- backed thrush and the rufous chickadee. Ravens were very common everywhere in the town and about it, and were talking and croak- ing all the time. Often a solitary b
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. SITKA RAVENS 51. GREEK CHURCH, SITKA. were very wild. Our mam- mal collectors put out 100 small traps and caught only two mice. I was fortunate enough to see and hear the water ouzel along Indian River, a bird like a big water-colored pebble with a liquid bubbling song, caught from the currents about it. Here also I saw the golden-crowned kinglet, the varied thrush, the russet- backed thrush and the rufous chickadee. Ravens were very common everywhere in the town and about it, and were talking and croak- ing all the time. Often a solitary bird seemed to be soliloquizing and repeating over to himself every note he knew. One day a hunting party, with Indian guides and dogs, visited one of the islands in quest of deer; the only deer that fell to their rifles was killed by Mr. Harriman's el- dest daughter, Mary. It was a sur- prise to see the vast spruce forests about Sitka almost untouched by RUSSIAN CEMETERY AT SITKA. the aX, CXCCpt. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D. C. ). New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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