INDEX 



401 



Natakcho, Indian name for common 



mallard, 169 

 Natsik, Indian name for white-crowned 



sparrow, 235 

 Nattak, Nunamiut name for American 



great gray owl, 84 

 Nauyatcheak, Nunamiut name for mew 



gulls, 81 

 Nauyavak, Nunamiut name for white- 



plumaged gull, 79 

 Neakoktoakruk, Nunamiut name for 



American hawk-owl, 83 

 neardica, Aythya marila, 39, 40 (table), 

 135, 172, 246, 260, 267, 288, 303, 

 322, 373 (graph) 

 nehulosa, Strix, 84 



Strix nebulosa, 142, 206, 247, 251, 

 264 

 Nelson, Edward William, 141, 172, 174, 



202 

 nelsoni, Dendrocopos pubescens, 85, 143, 

 247, 249, 250, 264 

 Lagopus mutus, 57, 188, 189 (table), 



247, 249, 264 

 Lagopus rupestris, 249 

 Nesting, 302-312 



Asiatic birds in Alaska, 260 



late, 318 



maritime birds, 260 



northern limits of, 167, 168, 210, 



251 

 repeated, 318 



seasonal conditions and, 289 

 territory, 50 (gyrfalcon), 90 and 91 

 (swallows), 95 (dipper), 58 and 

 59 (rock ptarmigan), 225 (yellow 

 warbler), 240 (fox sparrow), 236 

 (white crowned sparrow) 

 Nestlings, growth of, 310-312 

 Nice, Margaret Morse, 308 

 nigra, Oidemia, 135 

 nigricans, Branta, 35, 134, 165, 246, 267, 



288, 316, 338, 343 

 Niklivik, Nunamiut name for white- 

 fronted goose, 36 

 Niksaktongik, Nunamiut name for rock 

 ptarmigan, 57 



Ni kut itsi, Indian name for phoebe, 208 

 Nipailyutak, Nunamiut name for short- 

 eared owl, 84 

 Nityitin, Indian name for lesser scaup. 

 173 



nivalis, Plectrophenax nivalis, 127, 148, 



231 (table), 242, 248, 250, 259, 



266, 270, 288, 303, 316, 338, 345 

 Niviokruksioyuk, Nunamiut name for 



northern gray-cheeked thrush, 99 

 Nordenskiold, Nils Adolf Erik, 335 

 norwegicus, Raitus, 339, 340 

 notabilis, Seiurus noveboracensis, 223, 



224 (table), 227 (table), 248, 269 

 Notsik, Indian name for horned grebe, 



159 

 noveboracensis, Seiurus, 307 

 Nukisirgak, Nunamiut name for north- 

 western horned owl, 82 

 Nukhnagak, Nunamiut name for Pacific 



black brant, 35 

 Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus, 64, 65, 



193 (table), 194, 247, 267, 288, 



316 

 Nungaktuakruk, Nunamiut name for 



Gambel's white-crowned sparrow, 



121 

 nuttalli, Zonotrichia leucophrys, 238 

 Nuttallornis borealis, 209, 247, 269 

 Nuvuksruk, Nunamiut name for Baird's 



sandpiper, 71 

 Nya, Indian name for white-winged 



scoter, 177 

 Nyctea scandiaca, 83, 205, 247, 249, 250, 



253, 264 

 Nyctidromus sp., 338 



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Oakeson, Barbara, 120, 122, 193, 236, 



237, 239, 241, 305, 306, 311, 323, 



328, 329 

 obsoletus, Falco rusticolus, 49, 247, 249, 



264 

 ocellata, Leipoa, 310 

 ochracea, Spizella, arborea, 118, 231 



(table), 235, 248, 269, 288, 303, 



345, 381 (graph) 

 Odgillimakadga, Kobukmiut name for 



sharp-tailed grouse, 137 

 Odgillyim kadgia, Nunamiut name for 



timber grouse, 59 

 oenanthe, Oenanthe oenanthe, 100, 146, 



220, 247, 260, 266, 270, 303, 316, 



323, 379 (graph) 

 Oenanthe, oenanthe oenanthe, 100, 146, 



220, 247, 260, 266, 270, 303, 316, 



323, 379 (graph) 



