INTRODUCTION. 



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Saxifraga divarica. 



iSaxifraga punctata, 



Saxifraga nivalis. 



^iardosmiafrigida. 



Erigeron mnini. 



Taraxacum palustre. 



Sen ecio frigidus. 



Artemisia tomentosa and glomerata, 



PotentiUa hiflora. 



Potentilla nivea. 



Draba stellafa nivalis. 



Draha incana. 



Cardam ine pratensis. 



Cheiranthus pygmmus. 



Parrya nudicatdis aspera. 



Eedysarum horeale. 



Oxytropis podocarpa. 



Cerastium alpinum behringianum. 



Hilene acaulis. 



Arenaria verna rubella. 



Arenaria arctica. 



Stellaria longipes. 



Pedicularis capitata. 



Papaver nudicaule. 



Epilobium latifolium. 



Cassiope tetragona. 



Vaccinium uliginosum mucronatum. 



Vaccinium vitis-ida:a. 



Salix polaris and two oiber uncleteriniued 



lows. 

 Festuca sativa. 



Glyceria sp. 



Trisetum subspicatum molle. 

 Gar ex variflora. 

 Carex vulgaris alpina. 

 Gystoperis fragilis. 



About 100 miles further uorth on the coast, east of Cape Lisburne, although we had more time 

 on shore, we found the flora much poorer than at Cape Thompson, and only secured the following 

 species : 



Lychnis apetala. 



A ndrosace ch am ajasm e. 



Gcnm glaciate. 

 PotentiUa nirea. 

 PotentiUa hiflora. 

 Phlox sibirica. 

 Primula borealis. 

 Anemone narciskiflo} a 



Oxytropis campestris. 

 Erigeron uniflorus. 

 Artemisia glomerata. 

 Saxifraga eschscholtzii. 

 Saxifraga flagellaris. 

 Ghrysosplenium alternifolium. 

 Praba hirta. 



It should be stated that the plants taken during the cruise of the Corwin were identified by 

 Prof. Asa Gray, so that the species named are well authenticated. 



LIST OF BIRDS CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS DISTRICT. 



Budytes flava leucostriatus. 

 Plectrophenax hyperboreus. 

 Nyctea nyctea. 

 Grus canadensis. 

 Linwsa uropygialis. 

 Tryngites rvfescens. 

 Philacte canagica. 

 Branta canadensis minima. 

 Branta canadensis hutckinsii. 

 Branta nigricans. 

 Arctonetta fischeri. 

 Arctonetta stelleri. 



Somateria spectdbilis. 

 Somateria v-nigra. 

 Lams glaucus. 

 Lams nelsoni. 

 Larus brachyrhynchus. 

 Gavia alba. 

 Xema sabinii. 

 Ehodostethia rosea. 

 Sterna aleutica. 

 Stercorarius parasiticus. 

 Stercorarius longicaudus. 

 TJrinator adamsii. 



These .species are all more numerous within the limits of this district thau elsewhere iu the Ter- 

 ritory, and with very few exceptions their breeding ground and center of abundance is found 

 somewhere within its limits. 



In addition to the species of birds already named as characteristic of this area, a number of 

 other species occur there during the latter part of summer, but are not known to breed within its 

 limits. 



