THE MUSEUM. 



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peater, and for about half an hour 

 the air grows so sulphurous that it 

 would be even dangerous for a bird to 

 even think of existing any where with- 

 in the company of a "possible shot." 



The little pamphlet I published en- 

 titled "Bird Life in Labrador" tells a 

 great deal about the birds of this re- 



gion, and has interested a great many- 

 readers. I feel prouder of it than .of 

 anything that I ever wrote. That 

 and the other entitled "Notes on .the 

 Natural History of Labrador" will^tell 

 you nearly all that is known of the 

 Natural History of this region. If I 

 do say so! 





Glacier Pass. Near Chateau. 



Now I will close vyith another pic- 

 ture of another glacial pass in still an- 

 other place. Our camera was faulty 

 and our pictures were and are very 

 poor, but they will serve to show you. 

 a little of what sort of a thing we 

 were constantly meeting with, and 

 how full of interest were the places 

 we did visit in this mysterious region. 

 Such glacial passes were abundant in 

 nearly every bay or harbor, and we 

 could have taken views of hundred.^ of 

 them had we possessed good cameras; 

 and developed our pictures at home. 



Arctic Notes 



Great Success. 



My ad. in the Nov. issue has boi'ii a jrieat 

 success in jour papt^v so far. Replie.s are 

 coming in from all parts of the country. 



C. M. H.\TFiEl.i), So. I'asadeuii, Calif. 



On the Habits of Certain Rare Northernr 



Birds in Commander Islands and Kam- 



tschatka by Leonhard Stejneger. 



Taken from his Excellent Report to the U. S. National 

 Museum . 



Pallas's Murre, Urialomvia arra. 

 The "Are," a Russian name derived 

 from the voice of the bird, is extremly 

 abundant at the Commander Islands, 

 and is perhaps at present the most 

 numerous species of the region, al- 

 though it is difficult to say whether 

 the Tufted PufTin, Lunda cirrhata is 

 not just as rich in individuals. The 

 largest rookeries are situated on Cop- 

 per island. They pass the winter 

 away from the shores of the islands, 

 probably on the open sea not far from 

 them, as is indicated by living individ- 



