()0 CRUISE OF THE STEAMER CORWIN. 



1. Urinatorimber (r7»HH.). Loon (/I'/in-n-ffi-rfA). 



Lociiis were seen tiliiKisl. duily liy our party wliilo f)ii tlic Kowak River. As no spcciiin'iis 

 (if the ilark-iicckcil kinds were ()l)taine(l, I am not certain tliat U. arcticns and pacijicus were 

 not rejircsenhMl there as widl .-is iiiihcr. 



2. Uiinator adamsu C-'rav). YKi.i.ow-iiii.i.Kn Loon. 



Anion.i,^ tiie loons which llcw noisily over oui' boats from time to time T occasionally recog- 

 nizeil this species. 



3. Urinator lumnie (''■»»".) i;i:i> i fiuoa ii'i> I.oon (A'a/i (i-rfrHfr)- 



I obtaineil a. si^'cimen of this iiird on the njiper river on An^'ast- 10. Althonsj'h I saw 

 neither nests nor young Ijirds, the constant presence on tlierivei-of this and the two ])receding 

 species wonhl seem to indicate their breeding tliei'e. 



4. LaruH glaucus Bii'iini. (il.AUCUS (iULL. 



(ilancns gidls were frequently seen during our voyage. es]_)ecia,lly along the lower river. 

 \vhei-(» we obsi'rved them sonict iiin's resting upon the swaying to]JS of the s))rncc tr(H_\s. a Aery 

 nnusnail thing for gulls to do. 



Two specimens; (skeletons); Lower Kowak. August 25. 



5. Larus glaucescens .Xaidii. Ulaucus-winoed GuLL. 



The presence of this species was noted almost daily until we reached a distance of about 

 three hundred miles from the sea. when it became rather scarce. 



6 Laius Philadelphia (Orel). Bon.\parte"s Gull (A-khdi-di-yug-yuk). 



I <il)tained specimens of this bird on the middle and lower river in July. It was not 

 often seen. 



Two specimens; Lower and Middle Kowak. July 4-10. 



7. Sterna paradissea Briinn. Arctic tERJi (Mi-ku-tdi-liU-). 



The Arctic tern is a common bird all along the river. 

 Two specimens; Lower Kowak, July 4-Aiigust IS. 



8. Merganser aerrator iLlitii.). Red-bkeastei) Merganser (Pdi-cu-yit-riik). 



A modi'i'ati'ly common summer resident. Young birds in the down were shot August 10. 

 Thri'c sjxM-iinens; Lower Kowak, August IS. 



9. Anas americana Gmel. Bald-pate (U-ijiir-hcinln. 



Conmion in the lagoons along the middle and lower rivei'. We shot many full-grown 

 young birds late in August. 



10. Anas carolinensis Cmi-Hn. Green-winced Teal. 



The green-winged teal was fre(|uently met with during our voyage. The young are well 

 grown by the niiddle of August. 



One s])ecini('n; Lower Kowak, August. 



11. Dafila acuta (/./(K/."). PlNTAU,. 



More abundant than cither of the two jn'eceding species, especially at the delta of the 

 river and about Hothani Inlet, where we shot numbers of them late in the season. 



12. Oidemia americana ,S'(c. A- Rich. American Scoter (Mi-ti-ga-nf-cvk). 



This species was not uncommon along the lower river. 



* Nomenclature of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



