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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ALASKA. 



It lias been deemed advisable to give a. list of the principal localities with their geographical 

 position, especially those mentioned in my notes. 



Many persons having visited Alaska and thrown into contact with people speaking the Rus- 

 sian language, which has scarcely any affinity with the English, and during their short stay have 

 presumed to have mastered the sounds of consonants and vowels which are peculiar to the Russian 

 language; hence many discrepancies have arisen and resulted in spelling certain words in several 

 erroneous ways. The name of one of the pi incipal large islands of the eastern part of the Aleutian 

 chain has been given thus, Aonalashka, Oonalashka, Oonalaska, Uualaska, and Unalashka. The 

 majority of English writers in spelling the Russian patronymics give an /or ff as the ending for 

 Russian words which really end in the sound of/, and should be so written, as the sound of /is 

 accidental in all words ending with the hard semivowel i>, or when placed before strong consonants, 

 and then taking the sound of its corresponding letter <i<, which is the pure and simple /as used in 

 English. 



The following names are believed to be entirely in accordance with the pioper sound of the 

 Russian and native names. The latitude aud longitude are taken mostly from the determinations 

 made by the U. S. Coast Survey and other authorities. They are sufficiently correct for the 

 purpose intended. 



Locality. 



U. S. Coast Survey Station, Sitka 



Astronomical Station, Saint Paul Harbor, Kadiak 



KarliikVilla.no, Kadiak 



Village in Delarof Harbor, Uiiga Island 



Belkovsky Village 



Cape Petrof, west end of Sannakh Island and Harbor 



Southwest point of entrance to False Pass between Aliaska and Unimak 



South Cape, Akutan Island 



North Cape, Unalga Island 



North Capo, Akvrn Island 



Astronomical Station, Chernovsky Bay 



Astronomical Station, Iliuliuk Village, Unalashka Island 



North point of Umnak Island 



Bogaslof Island 



West point of Anilia Island 



Village (astronomical station) on Nazan Bay, Atkha Island 



Korovinsky Peak (volcano, 4,852 feet high) 



Kanaga Peak, on Kanaga Island 



Constantino Bay, Astronomical Station, Amchitka Island 



Astronomical Station at village, Kyska Harbor, Kyska Island 



Bouldyr Island (E. Cape) 



West point of Semichi Islands 



Northeast Cape of Agattu Island 



East Cape, A ttu Island 



Flagstaff in Chichagof Harbor, Attu Island 



Cape Wrangel (the western point of Attn Island) 



Obiennoi (Massacre) Bay, south side of Attu 



Mouth of Ugisik River 



A mak Island 



Fort Alexander, on Nushagak Kiver 



Cape Newenham 



Cape Rumiantzof 



West point of Stuart Island 



Saint Michael's 



Unalakhlit 



Besboroueh Island 



Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point of mainland of North America 



West Cape. Saint George Island , 



Southwest Cape, Saint Paul Island 



Southeast point of Saint Matthew Island 



Southeast Cape, Saint Lawrence Island 



Latitude. 



Longitude. 



Authority. 



o / // 

 57 02 53 



o / // 

 135 20 20 



U. S. Coast Survey. 



57 47 57 



152 21 21 



Do. 



57 34 36 



154 24 30 



Archiinandritof. 



55 11 30 



160 30 00 



V. S. Coast Survey. 



55 05 13 



102 00 15 



Do. 



54 27 00 



102 49 00 



Do. 



54 47 04 



163 14 00 



Voronkovsky. 



54 01 30 



165 59 12 



Krenitzin. 



53 58 48 



166 03 00 x 



Do. 



54 16 30 



165 34 00 



Do. 



53 23 57 



107 29 56 



V. S. Coast Survey. 



53 52 53. 7 



166 31 44.2 



Do. 



53 32 00 



167 59 00 



Vasilief. 



53 58 30 



167 59 00 



XJ. S. Coast Survey. 



52 06 30 



173 51 18 





52 10 30 



174 15 18 



Do. 



52 23 30 



174 17 18 



Pavlof. 



51 54 30 



177 16 00 



Salmatof and others. 



51 23 39 



179 12 05 E. 



U. S. Coast Survey. 



51 59 04 



177 00 00 . 



Do. 



52 34 00 



175 49 00 



Gibson. 



52 45 00 



173 50 30 



Do. 



52 27 36 



173 36 00 E. 



Benzeraan and others. 



52 51 36 



173 23 00 



Gibson. 



52 56 00. 9 



173 12 23. 7 



U. S. Coast Survey. 



53 58 00 



172 26 00 



Gibson. 



52 49 48 



173 05 00 



Do. 



58 12 42 



157 30 00 W 



Staninkovicb. 



55 25 00 



103 01 30 



Do. 



58 57 06 



158 18 24 



VV rangel and others. 



58 42 00 



162 05 00 



Vasilief and others. 



61 52 00 



166 17 00 



Etolin. 



63 35 30 



162 32 36 



Tebienkof. 



63 28 00 



161 48 00 



Mean of Kellelt and Zagoskin. 



63 53 33 



160 30 16 



Zagoskin. 



64 06 36 



161 07 00 



Khratuchenko. 



. 65 32 00 



168 05 00 



V. S. Coast Survey. 



36 37 48 



169 48 00 



Do. 



57 10 12 



170 28 00 



Do. 



60 17 30 



172 14 06 



Do. 



62 57 00 



169 24 30 



Pavlof. 



Choris Peninsula lies in about 66° 15' N, and 162° W. long., and is directly north of Chamisso Island, in Eschscholtz Bay, a part of Kotze 

 bue Sound. 



Names of other localities mentioned in these papers are believed to be sufficiently explicit. 



I desire to express my deep obligations to Prof. S. F. Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and Director of the National Museum, in affording me every facility in preparing these 

 pages. To Mr. Robert Ridgway, curator of ornithology of the National Museum, my obligations 

 are deep for the many valuable suggestions he has made. To Dr. L. Stejneger I am under great 

 obligations for suggestions on several subjects, especially those pertaining to Pyrrhula and Mota- 

 cilla, which were reviewed by him. Also to Dr. T. H. Bean, curator of ichthology, I am greatly 

 indebted for the identifications of all the fishes collected by me. To Messrs. J.N. McQuestion? 



