XVII.-THE AVIFAUNA OF THE PRTBILOF ISLANDS. 



By William Palmer. 



CHECK LIST OF THE SPECIES. 



1. Phalacrocorax urile. 



2. Merganser aniericanus. 



3. Harelda liyemalis. 



4. Histrionicus histrionicns. 



5. Enicouetta stelleri. 



6. Somateria v-uigra. 



7. Nettion carolinense. 



8. Anas penelope. 



9. Anas boschas. 



10. Anser albifrons gambeli. 



11. Branta canadensis minima. 



12. Philacte canagica. 



13. Olor columbianus. 

 11. Diomedea albatrus. 



15. Fulniarus glacialis rodgersii. 



16. Oceanodroma furcata. 



17. Gavia adamsii. 



18. Gavia arctica. 



19. Colymbus holboellii. 



20. Lunda cirrhata. 



21. Fratercula corniculata. 



22. Cyclorrhynchus psittacnlus. 



23. Simorhynchus cristatellus. 



24. Simorhynchus pusillus. 



25. Synthliboramj)hus autiquus. 



26. Cepphus columba. 



27. Uria troile californica. 



28. Uria lomvia arra. 



29. Stercorarius pomariuus. 



30. Stercorarius parasiticus. 



31. Stercorarius longicaudus. 



32. Larus schistisagus. 



33. Larus glaucescens. 



34. Larus barrovianus. 



35. Pagophila alba. 



36. Eissa tridactyla pollicaris. 



37. Eissa brevirostris. 



38. Xema sabinii. 



39. Sterna paradisaea. 



40. Grus canadensis. 



41. Crymophilus fulicarius. 



42. Phalaropus lobatus. 



43. Tringa ptilocnemis. 



44. Tringa maculata. 



45. Tringa damacensis. 



46. Ereunetes pusillus. 



47. Limosa lapponica baueri. 



48. Totanus flavipes. 



49. Heteractitis incanus. 



50. Numenius hudsonicus. 



51. Numenius borealis. 



52. Charadrius dominicus fulvus. 



53. ^gialitis semipalmata. 



54. Arenaria interpres. 



55. Haliieetus leucocephalus alascensis. 



56. Falco rusticolus gyrfalco. 



57. Falco peregrinus anatum. 



58. Asio accipitrinua. 



59. Nyctea nyctea. 



60. Cuculus canorus telephonus. 



61. Morula migratoria. 



62. Anthus peusilvanicus. 



63. Anorthura alascensis. 



64. Hirundo erythrogastra unalaschkensis. 

 6?. Ammodramus sandwichensis. 



66. Calcarius lapponicus alascensis. 



67. Passerina townsendi. 



68. Acanthis linaria. 



69. Leucosticte griseonucha. 



INTKODUOTION. 



This list has been prepared partly from my own experience and collections on the 

 islands from May 27 to August 11, 1890, and partly from the published results of the 

 visits of Mr. Henry W. Elliott in 1872-73 and 1876; also from such other matter as I 



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