XVII -THE AVIFAUNA OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



By William Palmer. 



CHECK LIST OF THE SPECIES. 



1. Phalacrocorax urile. 



2. Merganser americanus. 



3. Harelda hyemalia. 



4. Histrionicus histrionicus. 



5. Eniconetta stelleri. 



6. Somateria v-uigra. 



7. Nettion carolinense. 



8. Anas penelope. 



9. Anas boschas. 



10. Anser albifrons gambeli. 



11. Brauta canadensis minima. 



12. Philacte canagica. 



13. Olor columbianus. 



14. Diomedea albatrus. 



15. Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii. 



16. Oceanodroma furcata. 



17. Gavia adamsii, 



18. Gavia arctica. 



19. Colymbus holboellli. 



20. Lunda cirrhata. 



21. Fratercula cornicalata. 



22. Cyclorrhynchus psittaciilus. 



23. Simorhynchns cristatellus. 



24. Simorhynchns pusillus. 



25. Synthliboramphus antiquus. 



26. Cepphus columba. 



27. Uria troile califomica. 



28. Uria lomvia arra. 



29. Stercorarius pomarinns. 



30. Stercorarius parasiticus. 



31. Stercorarius longicaudus. 



32. Larus schistisagus. 



33. Larus glaucescens. 



34. Larus barrovianus. 



35. Fagophila alba. 



36. Eissa tridactyla pollioaris. 



37. Eissa brevirostris. 



38. Xema sabinii. 



39. Sterna paradistea. 



40. Grus canadensis. 



41. Crymophilus falicarius. 



42. Phalaropus lobatus. 



43. Tringa ptilocnemis. 



44. Tringa maculata. 



45. Tringa damacensis. 



46. Ereunetes pusillus. 



47. Limqsa lapponica baueri. 



48. Tetanus flavipes. 



49. Heteractitis incanus. 



50. Ifumenius hudsonicus. 



51. Numenius borealis. 



52. Charadrius dominicus ftilvus. 



53. jEgialitis semipalmata. 



54. Arenaria interpres. 



55. Haliseetus lencocephalus alasoensis. 



56. Falco rusticolus gyrfalco. 



57. Falco peregrinus anatum. 



58. Asio accipitrinus. 



59. Nyctea nyctea. 



60. Cuculus canorus telophonus. 



61. Merula migratoria. 



62. Anthus pensilvanicus. 

 68. Anorthura alascensis. 



64. Hirundo erythrogastra unalaschkensis. 

 6.". Ammodramus sandwichensis. 



66. Calcarius lapponicus alascensis. 



67. Passerina townsendi. 



68. Acanthis linaria. 



69. Leucosticte griseonuoha. 



INTKODTJCTION. 



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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