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 November, i9o5. I THE CONDOR We found the flesh excellent, it being far superior to the ptarmigan in this respect and a delightful relief from canned meats. Lagopus lagopus (Linn.).--Ptarmigah were abundant along the whole coast wherever landings were made, except in the .spruce woods. Between the beach and the Signal Doris, on August t6 and 8, there were numerous flocks usually consisting of two adults and from four to eight well grown young, the former often feigning lameness that the young nfight escape. Accipiter velox (Wils.).--The sharp-shinned hawk was seeu once when one flew over the Yztkoz anchored off Scaffold. [Accipiter atricapillus striatulus Ridgway.-At Fallax Point, August 54, a very dark example of this ('?) species circled several times about the signal, but I was unable to kill it.] Italieetus leucocephalus alascanus Towns.--The bald eagle was common about Unalaska Island where two were shot with rifles. Palco rusticolus gyrfalco (Linn.).--The gyrfalcon was observed but once, when a nest containing three downy young, was found on the side of Crater Mountain, east of St. Michael. The nest was nothing more than a number of loose sticks. A half grown ptarmigan was beside the young birds in such good order that I made a skin of it. Pellets scattered about the ground contained hair and teeth of a small rodent and numerous eathers. Remains of ptarmigan were also scattered about. The youngest falcon was carried on board ship where he lived for a month or more, befog fed on meat from skinned birds. The nest was found July tt. Palco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.).--An adult duck hawk was seen at Cape Denbigh, and a young full grown female was shot, August 8, at the same locality. A partially devoured specimen of Hudstnian curlew was secured, upon wlich the young bird had been feeding. Pandin haliaetus carolinensis (Gruel.).--As Grinnell  records the osprey from the Kowa! River, it is probable that it is to be found in the interior of the Norton Bay region. [ did not observe the species myself, but members of the Geological Survey reported it as common along the rivers of Norton Bay. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.).--The short-eared owl was observed on Amaknak Island June 53, where one was flushed from its nest containing t ro eggs. The nest consisted of a deep tollow on a hill side, and was neatly lined with grass. was told that the day before several eggs had been feint,red rom the nest. The original set was probably five or six. Sarnia ulula caparoch (Muell.)--This species was reported by members of the Geological Survey as being etnnmon in the woods of the interior along the rivers of Norton Bay. I observed the species but onee when anmlelit on the top of our tripod while we were building the signal scaffold. The stomach of this bird con- tained bones and hair of the mouse Evoomys clwsozi ctlctsce,zsis Miller. Pic0ides americanus (Swains.).--August 8 a female of this species was shot in the woods near Cairn; no other woodpeckers were seen during the summer. Peris0reus canadensis fumifr0ns Ridgw.--'l'i;e Alaskan jay was seen only in the thick spruce woods near Cairn. A female, taken August 8, agrees with a large series from the Kowak River. C0rvtsc0rax principalis Ridgw. '--The raven was regular in its occurrence throughut the region. It was found at uearly all the triangulati,n stations and several were seen about ea,'h ,,f the islan(ls vi-ited. At Amaknak they seem to Pacific Coast Avifauna. No. , p. 37, See Bangs, Attk. XVII; t9oo. p. 3=.