1910] Heller—Mammals: Alaska Expedition, 1908. 331 
Zaikof Bay is a deep indentation at the north end of the 
island. The sides of the bay are formed by low, comparatively 
level, heavily forested capes. Much of the rock formation is 
black sandstone, chiefly in vertical beds where it is exposed 
alone the coast. On the higher parts of the island the rock 
formation is apparently grayish sandstone which is horizontally 
bedded. The forest about the bay is quite uniform and the 
tundra areas are of small extent, covered chiefly by deer cabbage 
and haying a much more verdant appearance than those of 
Hawkins and Hinchinbrook islands. 
About Stockdale Harbor the rock formation is very much 
contorted and broken, the strata often changing from vertical 
to horizontal within a few rods. A rapid sinking is taking place 
about the margin of the bay, where many stumps are to be seen 
below high-tide level. 
Hanning Bay is a large, semicircular bay backed by a simi- 
larly shaped basin. The northern and southern points of the 
bay are formed by high ridges enclosing a shallow valley. The 
timbered area is confined to the coast and the flats about the 
mouths of the stream, the greater part of the country being 
open tundra. <A considerable part of the shore line below high- 
tide level is dotted with the stumps of spruce which have re- 
cently been killed by the sinking of the beaches. The western 
hemlock is absent from this region, apparently due to the sever- 
ity of the climate on the north exposure. 
HOODOO ISLAND. 
Hoodoo Island is very similar in vegetation and rock for- 
mation to Latouche. The island is chiefly a low ridge, the 
highest points attaining a height of some 1700 feet, but without 
permanent snow fields. The forest growing about the bay in 
which we made camp is heavy and made up chiefly of large 
spruce. The undergrowth in these forests is dense. The western 
skunk cabbage grows in large patches and attains an immense 
size, the leaves of some reaching a length of five feet. The 
devil’s-club flourishes equally well and attains a height of ten 
feet. The open tundra is of the usual type, covered chiefly by 
beds of deer cabbage and swamp carex. 
