INTRODUCTION. 



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Saxifraga divarica. 



Saxifraga punctata. 



Saxifraga nivalis, 



Nardosmia frigida, 



Erigeron muirii. 



Taraxacum palustre. 



Senecio frigidus. 



Artemisia tomentosa and glomerata. 



Potentilla biflora. 



Potentilla nivea, 



Draba stellata nivalis. 



Drdba incana. 



Oardamine pratensis, 



Cheiranthus pygmwus. 



Parrya nndicaulis aspera. 



Hedysarum boreale. 



Oxytropis podocarpa. 



Cerastium alpinum behringianum. 



Silene acaulis. 

 Arenaria verna rubella. 

 Arenaria arctica. 

 Stellaria longipes. 

 Pedicular is capitata. 

 Papavcr nudicaule. 

 Upilobium latifolium. 

 Gassiope tetragona. 

 Vaccinium uliginosum mucronatum. 

 Vaccinium vitis-idma. 



Salix polaris and two other undetermined wil- 

 lows. 

 Festuca saliva. 



Glyceria sp. 



Trisetum subspicatum molle. 

 Garex variflora. 

 Garex vulgaris alpina. 

 Gystoperis fragilis. 



About 100 miles further north on the coast, east of Cape 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. 

 Androsace chamcejasme. 

 Geum glaciale. 

 Potentilla nivea. 

 Potentilla biflora. 

 Phlox sibirica. 

 Primula borealis. 

 Anemone narcissiflora var. 



Oxytropis campestris. 

 Erigeron uniflorus. 

 Artemisia glomerata. 

 Saxifraga eschscholtzii. 

 Saxifraga flagellaris. 

 Ghrysosplenium alternifotium. 

 Draba hirta. 



It should be stated that the plants 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 leucostriattis. 

 Plectrophenax hyperboreus. 

 Nyctea nyctea. 

 \3rus canadensis. 

 Limosa uropygialis. 

 Tryngites rufescens. 

 Philacte canagica. 

 Branta canadensis minima. 

 Branta canadensis hutchinsii. 

 Branta nigricans. 

 Arctonetta fischeri. 

 Arctonetta stelleri. 



Somateria spectabilis. 

 Somateria v-nigra. 

 Larus glaucus. 

 Larus nelsoni. 

 Larus brachyrhynchus. 

 Gav'ia alba. 

 Xema sabinii. 

 Rhodostethia 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 center 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. 



