SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF EXPLORATIONS BY THE U. S. FISH COM- 

 MISSION STEAMER ALBATROSS. 



[Published by punuissiou of Hou. Marshall McDonald, Commissioner of Fisheries.] 



NO. XXVII— CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF BIRDS MADE IN ALASKA 

 BY MR. C. H. TOWXSEND DURING THE CRUISE OF THE U. S. FISH COM- 

 MISSION STEAMER ALBATROSS, IN THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF 1888,* 



HY 



Robert Ridgway, 



Curator of the Department of Birds. 



Family ALCID^E. 



1. Luiida cirrhata Pall. Tufted riittia. Mi(l<lletou Island, August 2(5; one si»ec- 



iiiien. 



2. Fratercula cornicalata (Xaum.). Horuod PuClin. Shuui;if;iiis, August 2; one 



specimen. 



3. Ptychoraniphus aleuticus (Pall.). Cassiu's Anklet. Slnimagins, August 4; 



one specimen. 



4. Siniorhynchus cristatellus (Pall.). Crested Anklet. Big Koninski Island, 



August 4; two si)eeiniens. 



5. Brachyraniphusniannoratus(Giuel.). Marbled Murndt^t. Kodiak, August 18, 



and Barclay Sound, Sei>tenib(!r 27; two specimens. 

 ' 6. Cepphus columba Pall. Pigeon Guillemot. Shumagins, .Vugust2; two s]>ec- 

 iniens. 



7. Uria troile californica (Bryant). Califoinia Murre. Shumagins, August 2; 



one s])ecimen. 



Family STERCORARIID.E. 



8. StercorariiLs pomarinus (Temm.). Pomarinc .Jiu^ger. Kodiak. August 15; 



one young bird. 



9. Stercorariu.s pava.siticus (Linn,). Parasitic .laeger. Kodiak. August IX; one 



specimen. 



Family LARID.E. 



10. Rissa tridactyla polUcaris Ridgw. Pacilic Kittiwalo;. Middletou Island, 



August 26; two si)ecimens. 



Family DIOMEDEID.E. 



11. Diomedea albatru.s i'all. Short-tailed Albatro.ss. " North Pacific Ocean," no 



date; one specimen. 



'Various circumstances have delayed th<^ i)nblication of this list, which was pre- 

 pared in 1889. 



Pi'(>ceeilm;;s Xatioual .Musfiiin, \'i)l. X'\'I — No. UiiO. 



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