CONTENTS 



FAUNA OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND ALASKA 

 PENINSULA, by Olaus J. Murie 



Page 



Foreword xiii 



Introduction l 



Geography and geology 3 



Climate 10 



Environment and biotic distribution 11 



Geographic and geologic influences 12 



Asiatic immigrants 12 



Bering Sea avifauna 14 



Fauna of wider northern distribution 15 



Southern and southeastern birds 16 



Environmental influence 17 



Ecological classification 18 



Vegetation 22 



Birds 27 



Family Gaviidae 28 



Gavia immer, Common loon 28 



Gavia adamsii, Yellow-billed loon 29 



Gavia arctica, Arctic loon 29 



Gavia stellata, Red-throated loon 31 



Family Podicipedidae 32 



Podiceps griscgeiia, Red-necked grebe 32 



Podiceps auritiis, Horned grebe 33 



Family Diomedeidae 34 



Diumedea nigripes, Black-footed albatross 34 



Diomedea albatrus, Short-tailed albatross 36 



Diomedea immutabilis, Laysan albatross 39 



Family Procellariidae 41 



Puffinus tenuirostris, Slender-billed shearwater 41 



Puffinus griseus, Sooty shearwater 44 



Pterodroma inexpectata, Scaled petrel 44 



Pterodroma cookii, Cook's petrel 45 



Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmar 45 



Family Hydrobatidae 48 



Oceanodroma furcata, Fork-tailed petrel 48 



Oceanodroma leucorhoa, Leach's petrel 51 



Family Phalacrocoracidae 52 



Phalacrocorax auritiis, Double-crested cormorant 52 



Phalacrocorax pelagicus, Pelagic cormorant 55 



Phalacrocorax mile, Red-faced cormorant 57 



Family Ardeidae 59 



Ardea hcrodias, Great blue heron 59 



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