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 THE CONDOR [ Vol. II along the bluff close past me. Its note and bearing, so familiar after my expe- rience with the species last spring, were unmistakable. The nearest timber umst be 75 miles in the interior; but I have noted, in the case of several interior species, a straggling from the timbered regions in late summer toward the more barren coast region. These were all the species of birds observed during more than amonth at this point. n August 26th we broke camp here and proceeded to the mouth of Nome River, which flows into Bering 'Sea three miles east of Nome City. There we loaded skiffs with provisions, and for the next two days towed and dragged them up the swift shallow stream some twelve miles to the mouth of Buster Creek. Toward the upper part of the river's course, the willows and alders become larger, until there are tracts of them bordering the stream as much as ten feet in height. Here, on August 27, I noted the fillowing species: Yellow Warbler (])cdroira a'stiva), Black-poll Warbler ( /)endroira stria/a), Wilson's X, Varbler (lFi/sania Western Tree Sparrow (Xfize//a cala achracea), Fox Sparrow ( /assere/la iliaca), (olden crowned Sparrow trichia caronata), Gambel's Sparrow [Zonatrichia h'UCalSh7,s g'ambe/ii] Gray- cheeked Thrush (l_,/ocb-hla -alicke), Hoary Redpoll (/tcanthis harnemanni exih)5/s), and Snowy w. Small land-birds were most numer- ously noted on the 27th and 8th of August. The fall migrations were then evidently in progress. The willow thickets were green 'and inviting, and the weather was as yet moderate. Mcst of the birds'were "heard singing, especially the warblers, just as in spring. Water-birds. were also seen along the river, though iu small num- bers. A 'young Sabiue's Gull. (A?ma sabinii) was met with on a sand-bar, and as we slowly towed' our boats along, it kept. flying from bar to bar ahead of us until we reached Busters Creek. A few large gulls were feeding on dead salmon along the river. The Red-throated Loon (Gava lureroe), as well as the Black-throated, was quite common, seen mostly flying overhead along the valley. There were also a few Pintails (Dafi/a acuta) and cranes. The month of September we spent in working placer claims on Buster Creek. This is a small stream flowing from a canon about three miles back among the hills. it is lined with willow thickets, and the hillsides are clothed to some extent with the same vegetation. Ou September 3 there was a heavy frost and some ice. Small birds were soon scarce. Siberian Yellow Wagtails were seen on September 8; thelast Golden- crowned and Western Tree Sparrows, and Alaskan Longspurs on the oth; the last Gray-cheeked Thrushes on the 8th. Willoxv Ptarmigan (La, ffapus lag'opus) were very numerous, and I 'secured many a potpie-full in an hour's hunt after supper. Ptarmigan were at first quite tame, and a flock could be followed around the hillsides until several were shot. They finally got the habit ot scattering in all directions as soon as flushed, and then only one or two could be located and followed up. They were beautiful birds at this season in their 1)arti-colored plumage of che!tnut-brow n and white. A Gyrfalcon (b[co rtsticalusj,r//ca) and a Snowy Owl were seen on the x7th of September. Also on this date and for the succeeding week immense flocks of I,ittle Broxvn Cranes (Gruscanadensis) vere passing southward high overhead. 'I am pretty sure this is the species we see and hear so much of in nfigration in California, and not so often the Sandhill Crane. Pectoral Sandpipers (Tring'a itacttlata) were noted iu flocks on the tundras quite often in the early part of September, but had disappeared by this date. Golden Plover ' became very numerous toward the last of September, on the hillsides, feeding on blueberrie. Several' were shot close around the