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 THE CONDOR I Vol,. VIII inner end of the middle compartment for my bottle of carbon ink and use the re- mainder for spools of wire and thread. If you figure out the depths of the trays you will find an inch of space in the depth of the chest unaccounted for. This is for my table. On the underside of a board as long and as wide as the inside of my chest and three-eighths of an inch thick I nailed a piece of half-inch lath at each end, clinching the nails. The legs of the table are also half-inch lath. They are hinged with small T-strap hinges. One pair of legs are set at the outer corners of one end and the pair at the other end are set in the width of a lath, so that they fold inside the others. A cross bar is nailed to each pair of legs just above the middle. To hold thelegs in place I use the rib and brace of an old umbrella. I cut off one end of the rib an inch from the joint to act as a stop when opened out. Then I cut the other end and brace to a suitable length, heated them and flattened the ends and bent them over to make a joint. Thru these joints I passed small staples and drove them into the middle of the cross bars of the legs and into the iniddle of the table. These seem slight braces but they have proved effectual. They should be made long enough to let the legs stand alittle out of perpendicular. My table weighs three pounds complete. I use an umbrella rib stay for the lid of my chest also, the lower end hinging on a nail driven at the inside edge. The lid should hang back a trifle beyond the perpendicular and the stay will prevent an ordinary wind from blowing the lid down, as it would if held by a tape or cord. Make the lid of your chest of inch stuff, as you will often want to use it as a seat. To remedy its tendency to split, plow a groove across each end three- eighths of an inch wide and an inch or more deep. Fit a tough piece of lath in this groove and glue or nail it in. This is not in the way as cleats are. Fasten the T-strap hinges and hasp with rivets instead of with screws and no one can open the chest with a pocketknife or screwdriver. You will need to countersink the screw holes to the T of your hinges on the other side, as this should be on the outside of the chest. Metal corners will add to the wear of your chest but are not indispensable. If you collect mammals you will find good soft sugar pine excel- lent for tray bottoms. Hard pine or redwood bottoms are exasperating material to stick pins into. Paint the outside of your chest thoroly. It pays. A hasp and padlock are better than a common lock. San Diego, Calornia. Birds Observed in the Krenitzin Islands, Alaska BY RICHARD C. MCGREGOR HE following is a list of the birds observed by me in the Krenitzin Islands, Alaska, while attached to the U.S. S. ?ath]%zder in the summer of t9ot (May i6 to September 20). Even with the best intentions nothing very re- markable could be done in the collecting line as my time was fully occupied with other work. I wish, however, that the reader could derive as much pleasure from this paper as I enjoyed in getting the material for it. The Krenitzin'Islands comprise that part of the Aleutian Chain lying be- tween the two large islands of Unimak and Unalaska. The accompanying map (see page tiS)isintended to show their size and positions. They have for the most part abrupt rocky shores but do not reach any great elevation. Where their surface is