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Saxifraga divarica. 



tSaxifraga punctata. 



8a.r[fraga nivalis. 



l^ardosmia frigida. 



Erigeron muirii. 



Taraxacum pahistre. 



Scnccio frigidus. 



Artemisia tomcntosa aud gJomerata. 



PotentiUa biflora. 



PotentiUa nivca. 



Draba stellafa niralis. 



Draba incana. 



Cardamine pratensis, 



Cheiranthus pygm(vxis. 



Farrya nudicaulis aspera. 



Eedysarum boreale. 



Oxytropis podocarpa. 



Cerastium alpinum behringiantim. 



Silene acaulis. 

 Arenaria verna rubella. 

 Arenaria arctica. 

 ■ Stellar ia longipes. 

 Pedicularis capitata. 

 Papaver nudicaule. 

 EpHobium latifolium. 

 Cassiope tetragona. 

 Vaccinimn uliginosum mucfonatum. 

 Vacc in iu m v i t isidcca . 



Salix 2)olaris and two other undetermined wil- 

 lows. 

 Festuca saliva. 



Glyceria sp. 



Trisetum svbspicatiim molle. 

 Carex variflora. 

 Garex vulgaris alpina. 

 Cystoperis fragiUs. 



About 100 miles further north on the coast, east of Gape Lisburne, although we had more time 

 on shore, we found the flora much poorer than at Cape Thompson, and only secured the following 

 species : 



Lychnis apetala. 

 A ndroftace ch am ajasm e. 

 Geum glaciate, 

 PotentiUa nivea. 

 PotentiUa biflora. 

 Phlox sibirica. 

 Primula borealis. 

 Anemone narcissifloi a var. 



Oxytropis campestris. 

 Erigeron ttniflorus. 

 Artemisia glomerata. 

 Saxifraga eschscholtzii. 

 Saxifraga flagellaris. 

 Ghrysosplenium alternifoKum. 

 Draba hirta. 



It should be stated that the plauts taken during the cruise of the Corwin were identified by 

 Prof. Asa Gray, so that the species named are well authenticated. 



LIST OF BIRDS CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS DISTRICT. 



Budytes flava leucostriatus. 

 Plectrophcnax hyperboreus. 

 Nyctca nyctea. 

 Grus canadensis. 

 Limosa uropygialis. 

 Tryngites rvfescens. 

 Philacte canagica. 

 Branta canadensis minima. 

 Branta canadensis hutchinsii. 

 Branta nigricans. 

 Arctonctta Jischeri. 

 Arctonetta stelleri. 



Somatcria spectabiHs. 

 Somateria v-nigra. 

 Larus glaucvs. 

 Larus nelsoni. 

 Larus brachyrhynchus. 

 Gavia a Ilia. 

 Xema sabinvi. 

 Rhodostcthia rosea. 

 Sterna aleutica. 

 Stercorarius parasiticus. 

 Stercorarius longicaudus. 

 Urinator adamsii. 



These species are all more numerous within the limits of this district than elsewhere in the Ter- 

 ritory, and with very few exceptions their breeding ground and cen.ter of abundance is found 

 somewhere within its limits. 



In addition to the species of birds already named as characteristic of this area, a number of 

 other species occur there during the latter part of summer, but are not known to breed within its 

 limits. 



