UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



IN 



ZOOLOGY 



Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 9-172, plates 1-6, 3 text-figures January 12, 1911 



BIRDS AND MAMMALS OF THE 1909 



ALEXANDER ALASKA 



EXPEDITION 



BY 



HARRY S. SWARTH. 

 (Contribution from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California.) 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Introduction 9 



Descriptions of Localities 12 



Check-list of the Birds 26 



General Accounts of the Birds: Distribution, Molt, Variation, 



Biographical Notes 28 



Check-list of the Mammals 113 



General Accounts of the Mammals: Distribution, Variation, 



Biographical Notes 113 



New Mammals Described: 



Evotomys phaeus 127 



Microtus coronarius 131 



Vrsus amerioanus pugnax 141 



Distributional Considerations 151 



Literature Cited 160 



INTRODUCTION. 



In 1909 Miss Annie' M. Alexander organized and financed 

 an expedition for the exploration of such parts of the Sitkan 

 district, Alaska, as had not been touched by the expedition of 

 1907^ — at least to such an extent as could be done in a single 



1 Field work in Alaska has been prosecuted as follows : In 1906 on the 

 Kenai Peninsula; in 1907 in the Sitkan district; in 1908 in the Prince 

 William Sound region; and in 1909 in "the Sitkan district. 



