££u CONTRIBUTIONS 



NATURAL HISTORY OF ALASKA. 



RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS MADE CHIEFLY IN THE YUKON 



DISTRICT AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; CONDUCTED 



UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SIGNAL SERVICE, 



UNITED STATES ARMY, EXTENDING FROM 



MAY, 1874, TO AUGUST, 1881. 



PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 



BRIG. AND BVT. MAT. GEN. W. B. HAZEN. 



CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICES OF THE ARMY, 

 BY 



L. M. TURNEE. 



No. II. 



ARCTIC SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SIGNAL SERVICE, U. S. ARMY. 



WITH 26 PLATES. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1886. 



