VI ILLUSTRATIONS 



Long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) 108 



Hyperborean snowflake (Passerina hyper borea) no 



Kadiak pine grosbeak {Pinicola enucleator jlammula) 205 



Rufous hummingbird ( Selasphorus rufus) 208 



Golden-crowned sparrow {Zonotrichia coronata) 210 



Heads of : (1) Violet-green cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus 

 robustus) ; and (2) White-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax 



dilophus cincinatus) 212 



Harlequin duck {Histrionicus histrionicus) 214 



Jaegers on the wing 216 



Willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) 218 



Heads of: (1) Tufted puffin {Lunda cirrhata) ; (2) Horned 



puffin {Fratercula corniculatd) 228 



Horned and tufted puffins 232 



Sabine Gull (Xema sabini) 234 



MAMMALS 



Painted by Charles R. Knight. 



Kadiak fox 82 



Kadiak bear 84 



FLOWERS 



Painted by Frederick A. Walpole. 



Alaska heathers in bed of reindeer moss 32 



Calypso orchid 46 



Columbine — 66 



Salmonberry 116 



Pyrolas 206 



Polemoniums from Kadiak 224 



Narcissus buttercup 254 



PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES 



Shoshone Falls, Idaho 6 



From photographs by A. K. Fisher and E. H. Harriman, May 27, i8gg. 

 Hanging valleys, Inside Passage, British Columbia , 22 



From photographs by C. Hart Merriam, June j, i8qg. 

 Skagway, Alaska, June 7, 1899 30 



From photograph by C. Hart Merriam. 

 Icebergs in Glacier Bay 34 



From photograph by C. Hart Merriam. 



