Nov., 1900] BIRDS OF THE KOTZEBUK vSOUND REGION. 73 



46. Oidemia perspicillata (Linn.). Surf Scoter. 

 Abundant coastwise and up the Kowak Valley (Nelson, Grinnell). 



47. Chen hyperborea (Pall.). Lesser Snow Goose. 



Common migrant in Kowak Valley; Cape Blossom, one specimen, July (Grin- 

 nell). 



48. Anser albifrons gambeli (Hartl.). American White-fronted Goo.se. 

 Common throughout the Kotzebue region especially in the interior river val- 

 leys (Nelson, Townsend, Grinnell). 



49. Bratita canadensis hutchinsii (Rich.). Hutchins's Goose. 

 Common in the interior valleys (Townsend, McLenegan, Grinnell). 



50. Branta canadensis minima Ridgw. Cackling Goose. 



Abundant about head of Kotzebue Sound (NeLson). Kowak River (Town- 

 send). 



51. Branta nigricans (Law r.). Black Brant. 



Breeds rarely north to Kotzebue Sound (Nelson). Conunon spring migrant 

 in the Kowak Valley (Grinnell). 



52. Philacte canagica (Sevast.). Emperor Goose. 

 South shore of Kotzebue Sound, common (Grinnellj. 



53. Olor columbianus (Ord). Whistling Swan. 



Kowak Vallc}", fairly common (Townsend, McLenegan, Grinnell). Noatak 

 River (McLenegan). Head of Kotzebue Sound, July 15 (Nelson). 



54. Grus canadensis (Linn.). Little Brown Crane. 



Common throughout the Kotzebue region (Bean, Townsend, McLenegan, 



Grinnell). 



55. Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.). Red Phalarope. 

 Moderately common coastwise (McLenegan, Grinnell). 



56. Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.). Northern Phalarope. 

 Abundant coastwise; Kowak Valley (McLenegan, Grinnell). 



57. Gallinago delicata (Ord). W^ilson's Snipe. 



Shore of Kotzebue Sound and Kowak Valley (Nelson, Grinnell). 



58. Macrorbamphus scolopaceus (Say). Long-billed Dowitcher. 

 Shores of Kotzebue Sound (Nels(m). Lower Kowak, abundant (McLenegan). 



Upper Kowak, common (McLenegan). 



59. Tringa canutus Linn. Knot. 



Cape Blossom, two specimens, August (Grinnell). 



60. Tringa couesi (Ridgw.) Aleutian Sandpiper. 



Obtained on Choris Peninsula (Harting). Occurs in autumn on shores of 

 Kotzebue vSound, (Nelson). 



61. Tringa acuminata (Horsf.). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 



But one record, that by Nelson of a single specunen taken at Hotliam Inlet, 

 vSe])tember ist, 1880, by Capt. C. L. Hooper. 



