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 Jan., 1915 BIRDS OBSERVED ON IORRESTER ISLAND, ALASKA 25 are very fond of "lake worms", evidently meaning the 'larvae of the caddis- fly, and just as a chicken dusts its feathers to rid itself of vermin, the eagle will wallow in the mud when the need is pressing. 2. Falco peregrinus anatum. Duck Hawk. The duck hawk on Forrester Island deserves to be called the king of birds. It reigns supreme, and neither the eagle nor the raven nor any other native bird can stand against its on- slaughts. At least none do so during the nesting season. They are, however, Fig 12. NEST OF BALD EAGLE ON FOnRESXmR ISLAND, ALASKA not a source of great disturbance as only four nests were located during the season of 1913. These with one exception were placed on inaccessible cliffs. The exception was likewise on the face of a high cliff, but was easy of ap- proach from above, and when discovered on June 11th contained three young, downy white with a few definitive, brown feathers. What the original nest material (if any existed) was it is impossible to say as the surroundings with- in a radius of two feet were covered with the feathers of Ancient Murrelets,