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 88 THE CONDOR Vol. XVI visitant on brush lands. Partial to the smaller grass and brush covered islands. like St. Lazaria and Biorka. It was still fairly comlnon when I left, in early Oc- tober. Itirumlo erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. Common summer visitant; most plentiful around towns. 2'he majority of these birds leave for the south about August 15. 'One or two, however, were noted as late as August 22 (I912). Iritloproene bieolor. Tree Swallow. Common summer visitant in timbered localities. In late July after the young are out of the nests, they appear along the coast in small flocks, feeding over the surface of the water. They leave mostly about August I, but one bird was seen as late as August 22 (I912). Boxnbyeilla garrula. Bohemian Waxwing. Merrill, has the wings of a speci- men taken by him near Sitka, August 27, I9O4. ermivora eelata luteseen. Lutescent Warbler. Fairly common summer visitant along clearings and on brush lands at mouths of streams. I noted it near Sitka, at Old Sitka, and at 'head of Silver Bay. It was seen by Dixon at Port Frederick, Chichagof Island, in late July, I9O 7 (Grinnell, I9O9, p. 234 ). Dendroiea aestiva rubiginosa. Alaska Yellow Warbler. Fairly common sum- mer visitant in favorable localities. I noted this species along Indian River, along the stream at Old Sitka, at the head of Silver Bay, and, once, on Kruzof Island. Dendroiea townsendi. Townsend Warbler. Adult female taken by Grinnell (i898, p. I29) near Sitka, August I4, I896, and two others seen at the same time. According to Hartlaub (883, p. 267), a specimen from Sitka is in the Bremen and Stockholm collection. Male seen by Stephens at Red Bluff Bay, Baranof Is-. land, June, I9O 7 (Grinnell, I9O9, p. 235 ). Wilsonia pusflla pileolata. Pileolated Warbler. Seemingly the commonest of the warblers summering in the region. Particularly plentiful along Indian 'River, at Old Sitka and at the head of Silver Bay. Also observed on Kruzof and several of the smaller islands. Obtained at Sitka by Bischoff with nest and eggs (Dall & Bannister, I869, p. 278"Myodioctes puxillus"). Antbus rubeseens. Pipit. Common in summer on grassy slopes of the moun- tains above timber line, where it undoubtedly breeds. The breeding female taken by Grinnell (I898, p. I29), at Indian River June Io, I896, had probably straggl'ed down from a nearby mountain to feed. According to Merrill, common along the coast during migrations. Cinelus mexieanus unieolor. 'Dipper. 'Fairly common along streams. Noted frequently on Indian River and on streams at head of Silver Bay. Also seen on east side of Baranof Island. Noted bY Dixon at Port Frederick, Chichagof Is- land, July, I9o 7 (Grinnell, I9o 9, p. 237). Previously recorded from Sitka by Kittlitz and Bischoff. lgannus hiemalis pacificus. Western Winter Wren. Common summer visitant on grass and brush lands. Especially numerous on some of the smaller islands. Was fairly plentiful as late as October I, but probaby does not winter. (lerthia familiaris occidentalis. California Creeper. Not very common. Seen occasionally at Indian River and once on Kruzof Island. Several speci- mens secured by Grinnell (I898, p. I3o) in summer of I896; two scarcely fledged juveniles taken July 2. Previously recorded from Sitka by Kittlitz (858, p. 212). Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. A bird of this species was noted by the I9o7 Alexander Expedition at Port Frederick, Chichagof Island, the last of July (Grinnell, I9O 9, p. 238 ); Shaw (I9o 7, p. I22) mentions hearing the harsh, nasal cry of the nuthatch in the woods back of Sitka. Penthestes rulestens rufescens. Chestnut-backed Chickadee. The most corn-