. Alaskan bird-life as depicted by many writers. Birds. SOUTH-COAST DISTRICT (A) The southern border of Alaska consists of a ragged strip of coast indented by deep, fiord-like bays and by narrow channels that so intersect as to cut off hundreds of islands. At varying distances, but never far from the ocean, stand lofty mountains capped with snow-fields and glaciers, protecting the coastal valleys and islands from the cold north and northeast winds. The Coast Range continues northward from British Columbia as far as Icy Strait and Lynn Canal, beyond which the massive uplift of the St. Elias Alp
. Alaskan bird-life as depicted by many writers. Birds. SOUTH-COAST DISTRICT (A) The southern border of Alaska consists of a ragged strip of coast indented by deep, fiord-like bays and by narrow channels that so intersect as to cut off hundreds of islands. At varying distances, but never far from the ocean, stand lofty mountains capped with snow-fields and glaciers, protecting the coastal valleys and islands from the cold north and northeast winds. The Coast Range continues northward from British Columbia as far as Icy Strait and Lynn Canal, beyond which the massive uplift of the St. Elias Alps presents. cti'^y^^^..^ """^^^^ ALASKA AHJD TERRITORY PRfBCOF 5l(0W ^ts-^^^^' ^^^:^^^^\^ctf^' jfOi^- 0 '^. ALEUTIAN ISLANDS ^<<S<:(^-0^ ^ Sketch-Map of Alaska, Showing Areas of Faunal Districts (see page S), and the Situations of Federal Bird Reservations (see page 72) hardly more than ice-cliffs to the sea until the mouth of Copper River is reached. Thence westward a marginal coast of considerable width, cut by many rivers and inlets, fringed with peninsulas and islands, and walled by mountains, extends to the base of the Alaska Peninsula. This long coastal belt receives from the prevailing westerly winds the warmth and moisture of the Pacific Ocean, shed upon it copiously by the chilling effect of the mountains, against which the clouds incessantly drift. Hence all this district, except the glacial. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ingersoll, Ernest, 1852-1946; National Audubon Society. New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
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