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of days before, he had killed and eaten a silver fox whi^h was in a trap. 

 It seems he returned to pick up the fragments and was himself caught. 

 He measured nine feet from tip to tip. 



The exact locality was not given. 



In 1936, Douglas Gray and C. S. Williams saw an eagle at 

 Unalaska, which they described as having considerable white 

 on the tail, but with a terminal dark band. This assuredly 

 suggests that the bird was a golden eagle. At Chignik we were 

 told that one had been killed there, but we did not see the 

 specimen. 



Cahn (1947) writes, "While probably not rare in the higher 

 and wilder parts of Unalaska Island, this species is uncommon 

 around Dutch Harbor. Two records in four years: June 17, 

 1944, over Mt. Ballyhoo, and August 7, 1944, sitting atop a 

 mast on a ship anchored at a dock." 



Osgood (1904) refers to a specimen that was supposed to 

 have been collected by McKay at Nushagak, but he was unable 

 to find it in the National Museum collection. 



Friedmann (1937) found a sternum of this species in midden 

 material from Kodiak Island — the only record for that locality. 



Thus, we have quite a number of records (mostly based on 

 observations) ; however, authentic specimens are rare. It is a 

 little difficult to conceive of the golden eagle as abundant in the 

 Aleutians, in view of observations dating back to the time of 

 Turner and Dall, but there seems to be ample evidence to conclude 

 that at one time the bird was more common that it is today. 

 It is now only an occasional straggler in the Aleutian Peninsula 

 region. 



Haliaeefus albicilla: Gray Sea Eagle 



Friedmann (1935) records osseous remains of the gray sea 

 eagle from village middens on Kodiak Island. Bishop (1900) re- 

 ported the first record of this bird for North America — a young 

 female that was found dead at Unalaska, October 5, 1899. 

 Again, in 1905, he records a specimen that was taken at Van- 

 couver Island, March 18, 1898. 



Eyerdam (1936) says, "Several of these birds were seen on 

 Unalaska Island on May 25th and May 30th. One was killed 

 near Dutch Harbor by a seaman from one of the coast guard 

 cutters, who kept the claws, tail and wing feathers for souvenirs." 

 It is unfortunate that a specimen was not saved, since it is 

 rather remarkable to casually see "several" of a species so rare 

 in North America. 



