Faunal Districts in Alaska 
If Alaska were a great plain it would have a substantially uniform 
climate, gradually colder from south to north. However, the country 
is embroidered with ranges of lofty mountains, which divide it into 
several regions, each distinct in climate, and consequently distinct in 
plant and animal. Four of these districts may be marked off as below; 
and it is important to keep them in mind if one wishes to form a 
clear idea of Alaskan ornithology, for each has its own characteristic 
bird-life. 
A. The South-Coast District. 
B. The Wooded-Interior District. 
C. The Arctic-Coast District. 
D. The Aleutian District. 
These districts might be reviewed in any order; but that of the 
islands and shore of the southern coast has been placed first because 
it is the best known, the most easily accessible, and the most populous 
part of Alaska. 
A HUEKDIXG COLONY OP CALIPOUNIA MUUUKS 
From a Pliotofirapli by A. C. Bent 
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