. Alaskan bird-life as depicted by many writers . e Alaskan Mountains, begins,as usual, at the lower end of the scale in classification, so that-^as sea-birds are absent—the first to be mentioned are the fresh-water American and red-breasted mergansers, the mallard, shoveler,baldpate, pintail, scaup, American goldeneye or whistlewing, buffle-head, old-squaw, harlequin, both of the teals, and the surf-scoter, alloccur, breeding in suitable places; but the green-winged teal and thepintail are by far the most widely distributed and most often en-countered. The breeding-habits of several
. Alaskan bird-life as depicted by many writers . e Alaskan Mountains, begins,as usual, at the lower end of the scale in classification, so that-^as sea-birds are absent—the first to be mentioned are the fresh-water American and red-breasted mergansers, the mallard, shoveler,baldpate, pintail, scaup, American goldeneye or whistlewing, buffle-head, old-squaw, harlequin, both of the teals, and the surf-scoter, alloccur, breeding in suitable places; but the green-winged teal and thepintail are by far the most widely distributed and most often en-countered. The breeding-habits of several of them, typical of all,have been described by Mr. Nelson (pages 40, 41) as he learned themon the coastal tundras. Of the geese, while all species are seen during their migrations,the brown, or Hutchinss goose, is most numerous in summer inthe interior, where they are said to resort to the hilltops for nesting-sites. Dall reports the white-fronted goose, however, breedino- gre-gariously all along the Yukon, depositing their eggs in hollows 16. CK DP,WO zo z<: ^1
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