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 Sept.,. 19oo I west of Nome City. Here we were at work frum July 2o until August 25. And here I made tile tifflowing bird- notes, most of which are contained in letters written at the time to Sir. F. S. I)aggett of Pasadena. The beach at this point is about fifty yards wide and bordered by a low bank or bluff, from the top of which extends the level or slightly rolling tundra back to the hills some five miles inland. This tundra is barren of any vegetation except the spongy carpet of sodden moss, with here and there in low places patches of grass, margining lakes or swales. On the sides of the short ravines, which cut through the bluff at intervals, are occasional patches of dwarf willows a foot or less in height. August 6-- Have seen several small companies of Emperor Geese (iPhilactc canafrica) fly- ing along just outside the surf, always late in the evening. Bands of Pacific Kittiwakes (Nissa tridactl,la 15ollicaris) often pass up or down the beach ou the lookout for toni-cod; and an occasional Point Barrow Gull (Larus barrovianus) comes sailing along, but none of the gulls l.iter along here anywhere. A pair of Arctic Tens (Strrna paradisa'a) feeding their full-grown young, afi)rd almost the only bird notes I have heard ft:r days. The young have a pleading yet harshly strung succession of calls, and hover along the beach, keeping in el( se company ith their parents, ever ready for the fish caught iu the surf by tile latter. The l:recision with which a tern can drop onto a tiny f. sb, or crustacean, in the bci!ing surf is renmrkable. And yet they seem .so light on the wing, and rise from the water with so little apparent exertion. I,ong-te. iled Jaegers (Stercorarits long'i- catetins) are common coursing back and forth over the tundra, or poising against the wind, sparrow-hawk fashit:n. Their long, pt lured, :treamer-like central tail- feathers distinguish them at a glance from the other two species, neither of which, however, hwve I seen here. They feed on meadow-mice, and cater- THE CONDOR 3 pillars mostly, but their piratical habit of forcing gulls to disgorge is of frequent notice. As there are no mud-fiats or lagoons here, waders are very scarce. I saw a PacificGodwit (Limostt lalS15onica baucri) flying overhead back toward the tundra. Also scattering companies of curlew (probably tttetitts borcalis) have appeared several times flying along the bluff. Several Golden Plover (Charadrhts dontinct'us), which .I have no doubt are rearing young, are to be found at any time on the back part of the claims. Their melodious, warbling call reminds me of a robin's song. These plover show decided preference, where ever I have found them,. for the dryest upland tundras. One dy last week I. was at work on a prospect hole back of the bluff, when three Turnstones naria interfires) alighted among the mossy hummocks within a few yards of me. They were very tame, and remain- ed in the vicinity for an hour or more, feeding on insects and their larvm. Black-throated I,oons (Gayla arclira) are numerous, and are constantly to be seen and heard overhead as they fly back and forth from the lakes on the tundra to their feeding-grounds out to sea. I have found quite a number of (lead Crested Auklets (Wmorkvm'hus cristatellzts) washed up on the beach lately. I,arge numbers of the birds were seen out in Bering Sea, south of Bering Straits, when we were sailing down from Kotzebue Sound. l,aud birds here are very few. I flushed one Snowy Owl (A?ctca t(,ctra) back of the bluff the other (lay; and the boys say they saw a hawk of some kind--judging from their description a gyrfalcon. I saw two juvenile Alaskan I,ongslmrs ( (lca tins lap15onirtts alascetsis) y ester- (lay, feeoing about a ravine iu the bluff, and also one Siberian Yellow Vagtail (lgtd. vlcs./tavus hvtctslrhrtts). A pair of immature Redp11s (:catthis [t'naria.) have been noted several times along the bluff near camp. One rather unexpected bird was seen, a White-winged Cr,ssbill (Lo.t'ia hwroptcra) ou July 26, flying east