the western shores of Franklin 

 Bay. The lowlands extending 

 from the Smoking Mountains 

 west to Liverpool Bay are a 

 favorite resort for snow geese, 

 black brant, golden plover and 

 the three species of jaegers, 

 with ptarmigan and smaller 

 birds. 



While of course in many 

 districts the aboriginal popula- 

 tion has been much reduced, 

 I think it is true that the 

 people who remain do not 

 hunt birds so much as before 

 the days of modern weapons. 

 The native of the present day 

 must make long summer jour- 

 neys to trading posts or ships, 

 and many famous rookeries 

 which were annually resorted 

 to in the egg season, and other 

 places where the people gath- 

 ered later in the season to club 

 or spear the flightless molting 

 waterfowl, are nowadays sel- 

 dom visited. The natives of 

 the north taking them all 

 together can hardly be held 

 responsible for any notable 

 diminution of bird life in the 

 country, as they may for the 

 mammal life. The mammals 

 are only to a slight degree 

 migratory, while most of the 

 bird species are but short 

 summer transients in the north 

 and must run the gauntlet of 

 countless fusillades in more 

 southern latitudes from Sep- 

 tember to May and in some 

 instances through an extent of 

 the Western Hemisphere from 

 Canada to Patagonia. 



Young glaucous 

 gull (Larus hyper- 

 boreus) hiding 



among rocks. Is- 

 land in Simpson 

 Bay, Victoria 



Island 



Ruddy turn- 

 stone (Arenaria 

 inierpres mori- 

 nella) and nest. 

 Colville River 

 delta, northern 

 Alaska 



Nest of Pacific 

 eider (Somateria 

 i- nigra). Simpson 

 Bay, Victoria Is- 

 land 



Young rough- 

 legged hawks (Ar- 

 chibuteo lagoput 

 sancti-johannis). 

 Herschel Island, 

 Yukon Territory. 

 Canada 



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