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FamiW ^iphiidae 339 



1 vradius bairdii, Baird beaked whale 339 



Mesoplodon stejnegeri, Stejneger beaked whale 339 



Zipliiax cavirostris, Cuvier beaked whale 339 



References 340 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Frontispiece: The Brown Bear in the Aleutians xiv 



1. Aleutian Islands 4 



2. Semichi Islands 6 



3. Sketch elevation of Agattu Island 6 



4. Sketch elevation of Buldir Island 6 



5. Sketch elevation of several Aleutian Islands 6 



6. Sketch elevation of three Aleutian Islands 7 



7. Little Sitkin Island 7 



8. Sketch elevation of Rat Island 7 



9. West end of Rat Island 7 



10. West end of Rat Island 8 



11. Southeast end of Rat Island 8 



12. Sketch elevation of Semisopochnoi Island 8 



13. Sketch elevation of West Unalaga Island 8 



14. Sketch elevation of Ilak Island 9 



15. Sketch elevation of Kavalga Island 9 



16. Sadatanak Inland 9 



17. Sagchudak Island 9 



18. Sketch elevation of Bobrof Island 9 



19. Anagaksik Island 9 



20. Sketch elevations of Kasatochi Island and Koniuji Island 9 



21. Seguam Island 10 



22. Sketch elevation of Ananiuliak Island 10 



23. Mounds on Kavalga Island 26 



24. Red-faced cormorant 57 



25. Rough-legged hawk 108 



26. Black oystercatcher 131 



27. Aleutian rock sandpiper 143 



28. Least sandpiper 148 



29. Least sandpipers 149 



30. Glaucous-winged gulls 166 



31. Black-legged kittiwakes 176 



32. Colony of Pallas's thick-billed murres on Bogoslof Island 184 



33. Pallas's thick-billed murres 185 



34. Kittlitz's murrelet 189 



35. Ancient murrelet 190 



36. Crested auklets 196 



37. Least auklets 197 



38. Least auklet 199 



39. Horned puffins 203 



40. Tufted puffins 204 



41. Aleutian song sparrow 255 



42. Sea otter 279 



43. Blue fox 294 



