The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-24

later Fiaes fer TIE first tine iris year.
AAeF ~eTe brought On tie corraryss
steamer
M Etncss1 worked cur the ng. nssee-
F-es q several CT RE tugs there ,- he
$50 rem tHs larvae 20 tha sSulrS Ger
.1-aty tnls hss neveT been doze ~ nat-
oEA-4st o@fore at 50 hiEa latitude. Tl7e
@ ne problems e b wsraes uut bs these
ans FIXTURE collections is tne crixir q the
fauna ard Ee-a q fAeaa Islands Mr.
AA1cAla thinks the seeds q chs ~sares
prooahiy were brought srst b~ esrss
N71-s ne bugs probaess we're brought On
eFlftWoo1 from the Yukon valley. S2ecs-
n'sHs ~ cTfft were collected 20 be studded
Il tcis connection TIE fac-a ana ERA
sre certainly recent. as there is every evl-
oeace tHaE tbs land Itself is OF very recent
form ttor.
8oois 4eo botanical specimens were So
cured. some q which are rare and vai5la-
o3e few being uarepresented II the
largest heTaa-igms o. the world After
passing the centsr OF Eadlak Island trees
cease II sudden and remarkable man
neE 90 taat al TIE plants % re Prgbles
Islands are herhace0uS EXCEPT one MtsEA
creeping. vfne-iike willow. Specimens g
al the plants. including the ferns. mosses
and Achens we're al carefully collected.
Some Of the plants. ike the poppy. gera-
NUNS. aconites and other. are very beau
T1ul- There are twelve extinct volcanoes
on 81 Paul island and a. the mouth %
These craters there Is che plant that s
peculiar % these two islands L Is a
saSitrage known 70 silence rs ChrgSo-
spieniGn ber.ngii- u was formerly dis
covered and reported from s.. Paul ISL
and, but Mr. kincaid was the first % dis
cover u In the craters on S. George isl
ana. The large peoples and several 81 ths
other plants are known as circumpoIar
plants. being found within the Arctic cir
Gle around the globe
In The line % marine materials the col
lectons were very rich. many Of the
specimens being now used In the biology
cal classes at the university. These con-
siSt OF i've or six species OF beautiful
sponges. two species OF LuceTnarta the
largest flxed hydroid. which has probably
never before been recorded from the Pa
CHIC coast. seventy-five species OF moi
lusca, consisting Of fresh water land. and
marine shellfish; three species OF pFero-
pods, two OF which are probably new %
science, and ten species o. tunicates. The
shellfish consist OF clans. razor clans.
mussels sHaiis. etc. There are i've land
shells and ore fresh water she'll
MI kincaid made one rich find by acct
dent One morning after a heavy storm
he hurried out before breakfast 20 collect
tunicates- On the shore he found TWO
ASAE ASBES ABOUT Ken EEEtiEH t1EG. lie
took these 70 DIT. Jordan. who. by the way
Is the greatest fish authority Of the Unit
ed States Dr. Jordan was pleased be-
yond measure. deeming these two speci-
mems the best thing OF the whole expedi-
ton They belong TO species OF CycIop-
terus, and were first discovered and
named by Pallas. a Russian scientist.
over loo years ago. and have never been
seen since. Only the original type speci-
III.
at St Petersburg. II is needless 10 say
that DIR. Jordan conveyed both these
precious fishes 10 Stanford university.
where they viii be OF as much service as
any other place on earth.
Mr.. Kincaid win work out as much OF
this vast array OF materials as possible
but he VIII necessarily have 20 send many
OF the specimens away for identification.
The tunicates will be worked over by
Prof. Ritter of the University OF Cali
fornia; the shells by Or. w II. Dali. OF
the Smithsonian Institution. and the
beetles probably by the veteran and &C
knowledged authority DR.. G. III. Horn. OF
the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences.
DR.. Jordan has invited Mr.. Kincaid TO
furnish a report on the insects of the
Pribilof islands for publication in the
commissioners final report which when
completed will prove a valuable addition
TO every scientific library OF the world.
Nothing has been said about the work
on the question OF fur seal Investigations.
for this has already been published and
will be set further enlarged upon when the
final reports are printed. Part OF Mr..
Kincsid's work was to help fence in the
seals for DR. Jordan's branding expert
ments. Here again the naturalis1's in
stincis were brought into play. The post
holes dug for the fence proved regular
trans and collecting grounds. Many
beetles and bugs were found IL them, and
the little shrew. heretofore very rare.
was caught In large numbers in these
traps"
Altogether the summers work was
great experience and success for MI Kin
caid. and his friends find much to be
pleased at in this. but the worlds find Of
scientific knowledge has been greatly in
creased and In this alone seems 20 be the
delight OF the modest but ever active
young naturalist Trevor Kincaid.
EDMOND STEPHEN MEANY.