98 CRUISE OF THE STEAMER CORWIN. 



nil lioanl and was proiiDuiiccd t^ond catiiit;-. ( )ii(' til' tlic hams was sent Id tlH> Alaska CDiniiicr- 

 cial Company's agent at St. Paul's Island, and .steaks I'l-oin i1 a])|H^arcd regularly at his tahle 

 for a week or more, and were highly appreciateil by all. I ineutiou this beeause it i.s contrary 

 to the oiiinioii of whalei-s in general, all with whom I conversed having declared the meat of 

 the -white bear unfit i'ov food. The yeUowish summer coat of this specimen was so loose that 

 it easih' rubbed off, exj)c)sing the short hair of tlio snowy white winter coat. 



BIRDS. 



Urinator adamsii (Clrdif). White-biu-ed Loon. 



I saw a skin of the white-billed loon at the house of the United States Treasury agent on 

 St. Paul's Island. It was killed by a native there in August, 1885. 



Urinator lumme {(liinn.). Red-throated Loon. 



Young l)irds of this species were rather common at Ounalaska in October. 

 One specimen; Ounalaska, October 'Z'.\. 



Lunda cirrhata I\dl. TuFTED Puffin. 



Very common about the islands of tlie Pribylofif group. 

 One specimen; Otter Island, June 14. 



Fratercula coniiculata {Naniii.). Horned Puffin. 



Pribyloffs. Probably more numerous than the preceding. 



Six specimens; Otter Island, June 8-14. 

 Cyclorrhynchus psittaculus (Pull.). Paroquet Auklet. 



Common on the Priljyloft's. 



One sijecimen; Otter Island, .June S. - 



Simorhynchus cristatellus (P(///. ). Crested Auklet. 

 Common on the Pribyloffs. 

 Three specimens; Otter Island, June 8. 



Simorhynchus pusillus (P((/?.). Least Auklet. 

 Common on the Pribyloffs. 

 ' Eighteen specimens; St. Paul Isla.ml, June o-13. 



Cepphus columba Pall. Pigeon Guillemot. 

 Only a few seen. 

 One specimen; (,)unalaska-, ( )etober 23. 



Uria lomvia arra iPalL). I'ALLAs's MURRE. 



Common on the Pribylolf Islands in summer and at Ounalaska in the fall. 

 Three s])ecimens; Otter Island, June lv!-lt; Ounalaska, October 2:3. 



Stercorarius pomariuus (Tniiiii.). Pomarink .Legeb. 

 Only seen niicc. 

 One specinii'ii: St. P.-iul Island. .Iiiiie Ki. 



Stercorarius longicaiidus \'iiil/. Long-tailed -Leoer. 



Common alxmt Norton Sound and Port Clarence. 



R'ssa tridactyla poUicaris Riihiir. Pacific Kittiwake. 

 Common on the Pribyloffs. 

 Two specimens; Otter Island, June 1-2-lL 



Rissa brevirostris (Pnicli). Red-legged Kittiwake. 

 Common on the Pribyloffs. 

 Six speciinens; Otf''r Isla-iid. .luiie 12-14. 



