FAUNA OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND ALASKA PENINSULA 15 



Aethia pusilla . Least auklet 



Fratercula corniculata Horned puffin 



Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti Arctic warbler 



Motacilla flava tschutschensis Yellow wagtail 



Plectrophenax hyperboreus McKay's bunting 



FAUNA OF WIDER NORTHERN DISTRIBUTION 



BIRDS 



SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME 



Gavia arctica jxtcifica Arctic loon 



Gavia stellata Red-throated loon 



Olor columbianus ... . Whistling swan 



Branta canadensis leucopareia Canada goose 



Anser albifrons frontalis White-fronted goose 



Clangula hyemalis Oldsquaw 



Somateria mollis sima v. nigra Common eider 



Bnteo lagopus s.johannis Rough-legged hawk 



Falco rusticolns obsoleteus Gyrf alcon 



Lagopus lagopus ssp Willow ptarmigan 



Lagopus mutus ssp Rock ptarmigan 



Erolia alpina pacifica Dunlin 



Ereunetus sp Sandpipers 



Phalaropus fulicarius Red phalarope 



Lobipes lobatus Northern phalarope 



Stercorarius sp Jaegers 



Larus hyperboreus barrovianus Glaucous gull 



Stoma paradisaea Arctic tern 



Parus atricapillus turneri Black-capped chickadee 



Pants hudsonicus hudsonicus Boreal chickadee 



Turdus migratoi'ius migratorius American robin 



Hylocichla minima minima Gray-cheeked thrush 



Acanthis sp Redpolls 



Junco hyemalis hyemalis Slate-colored junco 



Passerella iliaca zaboria Fox sparrow 



Calcarius lapponicus alascensis Lapland longspur 



Plectrophenax yiivalis ssp Snow bunting 



MAMMALS 



SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME 



Sorex tundrensis Tundra saddle-backed shrew 



Citellus sp Ground squirrels 



Dicrostonyx sp. . . Collared lemmings 



Microtus oeconomus ssp Meadow mice 



Lepus othus poadromus Arctic hare 



Rangifer arcticus granti Barren ground caribou 



Delphinapterus leucas Beluga 



These are some of the more northern birds and mammals whose 

 distribution with relation to the Alaska Peninsula is such that 



