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INDEX 



Aqhbleen Pinnacles, 95. 



Alaska, journey to, l-12'J ; forests 

 and treeless regions of, 81; cli- 

 mates of, 82, 8G. 



Alaska Peninsula, voyage along, 

 94-98. 



Albati'oss, 67. 



Algae, 210, 211. 



Amherst Glacier, 73. 



Anemone, a yellow, 114. 



Annette Island, 29-31. 



Ants, Jamaican sand, 254, 255. 



Astragalus, 121, 122. 



August, characteristics of, 201- 

 214. 



Auklet, least {Slvwrhynchus pri- 

 silhis), 106. 



Auklets, 119. 



Bad Lands of Utah, the, 7. 



Bahamas, 226. 



Balaclava, Jamaica, 247. 



Bananas, loading, 271 ; manner of 

 growth of, 272, 273; culture of, 

 273. 



Barry Glacier, 75, 77. 



Bath, Jamaica, 271. 



Bats, 247. 



Bear, Kadiak, 83, 90, 91. 



Bear, polar, 117, 123. 



Belkofski, 96. 



Bering Sea, voyage on, 101-123. 



Biological Survey, U. S., a party 

 of naturalists from, 38. 



Birds, seen from the train, 4 ; 

 killed hy the locomotive, 9; at 

 Victoria, B. C, 23; at Aletlakah- 

 tla, 31 ; at Fort Wrangell, 3;{; <»n 

 the White Pass, 37; onGustavus 

 Peninsula, 44, 45; on Mt. Wright, 

 52; at Sitka, 55; at Kadiak, 85, 



88, 89; on Popof Island, M; ol 

 the tundra, 115, 110; on ll.ill h*- 

 land, 119-121; near Cajn^ Fox, 

 12«; about " Slabsides," 133-152, 

 1.54-156; present interest in, 157; 

 the seeming decrease in the 

 numbers of, 160, 161 ; parental 

 instinct in, 163 ; bird-study in 

 the scliools, ltV>-16s ; dying of 

 apoplexy and heart failure, ICUj 

 profanatiun of nests, ICy; iii;Uo 

 singint; near and on nest, 171; 

 distribution in summer and 

 winter, 173; life in winter, 17^ 

 181; feeding the, 183-1H6; rapid- 

 ity of lives of, 186; ro«isting- 

 places of, 188; of August, 2(>t- 

 209; some strange watt-r-fowl in 

 Jamaica, 255; of Jamaica, 265- 

 268. 



Blackberry, in Jamaica, 2G3. 



Blackbird, red-winged. Hee Star- 

 ling, red-shouldered. 



IJlackbird, rusty. Hee Grackl«, 

 rusty. 



Black Crag, 32. 



Black Creek. ^V'(? Shattega Creek. 



Black River, Jamaica, 243, 247. 



Bladderwort, horned, 203, '20L 



Bluebell, H8. 



Bluebird {Snilia niaiU), 161, 163 ; 

 its food in winter, 176; a noat in 

 the woods. 216-219, 



Blue MounLiin lV':ik, 2.50. 



Blue Mountain.**, J.'imaic.n,22rt, 228; 

 a week among, 247-252, 265 ; beau- 

 ties of, 241.5 ; 2«y. 



Bobolink (/ktlirhony^x orytivt 

 rus), 160, 2()(., 207. 



Bogosluf Islands, 100. 104. 



Bog Walk, Jamaica, '231. 



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