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 20 THE CONDOR I Vol. III x4. Tring;a acuminata (Horsf.). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. St. Paul Lagoon,  (No. 3539 Coll. L. S. J. U.), August x 7. This specimen is apparently in first plumage. This is the second record for the Pribilofs. x S. Totanus rnelanoleucus (Gruel.). Greater Yellow-legs. KamenistaLake, St. Paul Island,  ad. (No. 3543 Co11. L. S. J. U.), August x7. This is the first recorded instance for the Pribilofs, and, as far as I know, the first Alaskan record west of Sitka where several specimens were secured by Bischoff.  x6. jqreteractitis incanus (Gruel.). Wandering Tatlet. St. George and St. Paul Islands, four specimens, August 22-3L X7. ,4tenaria interpres (Linn.). Turnstone. St. Paul Island,  ira., August x 7. x8. Leucosticte tephrocatis griseonucha (Brantit). Aleutian Leucosticte. St, George Island,   juv. , July25. Judging from the material at hand I see no reason for'consideringriseonucha a distinct species. (See under KADXAK ISLAID). x 9. Passerina nivalis townsendi (Ridgw.3. Pribilof Snowflake. St. George Island, two juveniles, July 25; St. Paul Island, juv., August 29. 20. Ualcarius lapponicus alascensis Ridgw. Alaskan Longspur. St. George and St. Paul Islands, 9 specimens, July 25--August 29. No. 3482 (Coil. L. S. J. U.) is a juvenile about half fledged, taken on August 20, which is notably 'late for so young a bird. 2x. Saa;icola cenanthe (Li'nn.). Wheatear. An immature male (No. 3486, Coil. L. S. J. U.) taken on St. Paul Island August 9, forms the first record for the Pribilofs, and fills in another gap in the known range of this remarkably wide-spread species. AMAGNAK ISLAND. This small island at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, was visited by Shodgrass (R. E.) and Greeley (A. W.) in September, x897, and four species were taken as follows: x. Ualcarius lapponicus alasceusis Ridgw. AlaskaB Longspur. Adult 9, Sept. x5. . 4mmodrarnus saudwichensis (Gruel.). Sandwich Sparrow. Five specimens, September xS-X 7. 3. Jklelospiza melodia cinerea (Gruel.). Aleutian Song Sparrow. Three specimens, September x 7. Robert Ridgway has recently described+ + two new Alaskan races of the Song Sparrow practically completing the chain of forms connecting melodia of eastern North America with insignis of Kadiak Island. Accordingly he reduces the latter to the rank of a subspecies. Uinerea is very slightly different from insignis, and moreover is known to inhabit the Aliaska Peninsula so that geographical continuity with Ridgway's kenaieu- sis is probable. Therefore according to the present trend of opinion in regard to similarly re- lated forms, cinerea, too, should be considered a subspecies, as above. 4. ,4northura alascensis (Baird). Alaskan Wren.  juv., September x7. BELKOVSKY BAY. This bay on the southern side of the Aliaska Peninsula was visited by Shodgrass (R. E.) and Greeley (A. W.) on July 22, 897, and the following species were collected. . Tringa miuutilla Vieill. Least Sandpiper.   both in juvenile plumage, but fully fledged; probably migrants. 2. Corvus coraa; principalis Ridgw. Northern Raven.  adult 3. ]asserina nivalis (Liun.). Snowflake.  adult (No. 348 L. S. J. U.); Measurements: wing 4.7, tail 2.8% culmen -44. In the size of the bill this specimen approaches townsendi. Several skins which I have examined from western Alaska present larger measurements, especially of the bill, than do eastern specimens. In other words, they show a decided inclination toward the extreme as represented by townsendi, and I see no reason why townsendi should rank as a species, as proposed by Palmer in "The Avifauna of the Pribilofs" (1. c.). Notice also the measurements of the Kadiak specimens given beyond. Chicago Academy of Sciences. Vol. I, Part II, Chicago: I86. p, 92.  New Species, etc., of American Birds,-- Fringillidae, Auk, Jan,, XVI, 1839. p, 36, AND ibid., XVII, 9oo, ?, 29.
 * Dall (W. H) and Bannister IH, M,). List of the Birds of Alaska, with Biographical Notes. Transactions of the