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 Jan., 1915 BIRDS OBSERVED ON FORRESTER ISLAND, ALASKA 27 they were seen travelling about the beaches in company with one or both of the parents. Although a sleep destroyer in the esrly morning the raven cannot be said to be a serious enemy of the birds. Generally speaking its food supply is found along the shore line, and it is not certainly known that they robbed a nest or killed a bird at any time during the summer. 7. Corvus caurinus. Northwestern Crow. Black in color and with a reputation of the same hue, the fish crow is an unmitigated nuisance. Scores of these birds find a nesting place on Forrester Island, and the worry they oc- casion among the cormorants, gulls and pigeon guillemots is almost as extend- ed as their 'waking hours. Frequently they may be seen sneaking stealthily over the cliffs, occasionally picking up refuse material thrown up by the sea or picking at barnacles and mussels, but nearly as often they are on the look- out for eggs. In some cases these are punctured merely in a spirit of mischief as no attempt is made to devour the contents, but at other times the eggs and young are packed off and eaten at leisure. The Pigeon Guillemots are the chief sufferers apparently, as several nests under observation were robbed sys- tematically and at the close of the season only one young bird was found. 8. Loxia curvirostra minor. American Crossbill. Several flocks of crossbills appeared on Forester Island sbout June 21, and remained through- out the summer, at least until the close of our stay on August 9. During thst time they almost invariably remained among the cones at the tops of the tall- est spruces, feeding with feverish activity to the accompaniment of a chorus of notes which strongly resembled a wireless telegraph instrument operating at a considerable distance. It is improbable that they nest on Forrester, though they certainly do so on Prince of Wales Island, as one yonng [ndi- vidusl, scarcely able to fly, boarded a launch in the neighborhood of Hetta about the middle of June. They are also reported to breed on Dall Islsnd. 9. Passerculus sandwichensis sandwichensis. Aleutian Savannah Spar- row. One specimen secured May 25, the only individual of the species seen. 10. Junco oreganus oreganuS. Oregon Junco. Several juneos were seen at various times throughout the summer in the hills bordering the lake region in the central part of the island. A single nest, containing recently hatched young, was found on June 3 in the side of a small mound covered with moss and heather. ]1. Melospiza melodia rufina. Rusty Song Sparrow. Song sparrows were usually in evidence among the salmon berry thickets along the north shore of Forrester Island, in several parts of Lawrie Island, and were rela.qvely abund- ant on South Island. One female, in the first nsmed locality, wss seen carry- ing insects into the shrubbery, but the nest was never found. 12. Passerella iliaca townsendi. Townsend Fox Sparrow. This species of sparrow was the most abundant land bird in the region, being found from one end of Forrester Island to the other as well as on Lawrie and South islands. It was especially numerous in the vicinity of the camp where it fed at the boxes several of the fishermen provided for their feathered friends. Nests were also plentiful, principally in the roots of stumps and in crevices of the rocky cliffs. Judging from three psirs close to the tent,'two broods are raised each year.