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Family TROCHILIDAE 



Selasphorus rufus Rufous Hummingbird 



On May 21, 1937, four or five rufous hummingbirds were seen 

 at Seward. Osgood (1901) says "Mr. T. W. Hanmore, who has 

 been stationed at Tyonek for 11 years, says that he has seen 

 hummingbirds there several times. This is doubtless near the 

 limit of the range of the species, as the bird has not been recorded 

 farther north." 



There is one other curious occurrence. On June 20, 1936, 

 Howard Jensen, a member of the ship's crew, declared that he 

 saw a hummingbird on the beach at Uliaga Island. When ques- 

 tioned, he described it as a "brown bird," smaller than a winter 

 wren, with a long bill. He did not see a red gorget, but he noted 

 a whirring of the wings and heard their sound and described 

 the bird as darting here and there in the air. He assured us that 

 he "knew a hummingbird when he saw one." This man was a 

 good observer and had assisted us considerably in our work. His 

 description fits the hummingbird pretty well. Yet, this occur- 

 rence would be offered here with some hesitation except for the 

 fact that Swarth (1934) reported that a hummingbird (species 

 unknown) was seen by Cyril G. Harrold on August 9, 1927, at 

 Cape Etolin, Nunivak Island. Possibly we may accept the Uliaga 

 Island record, with Swarth's, as unusual occurrences. Because 

 of Jensen's description of a "brown bird," and because of the 

 geographic possibilities, the logical species would be Selasphorus 

 rufus. 



Family ALCEDINIDAE 



Megaceryle alcyon: Belted Kingfisher 

 Megaceryle alcyon caurina 



Friedmann (1935) recorded the kingfisher on Kodiak Island, 

 and, on September 19, 1940, Cahalane observed several on the 

 small lakes and streams north of Kodiak Village. Cahalane 

 (1943) also found kingfishers "fairly common in the lake country 

 of the Katmai region, as well as in the bays of Shelikof Strait." 

 Osgood (1904) observed a kingfisher on Kakhtul River, August 

 28, 1902, another on August 31, and another on the Mulchatna 

 River on September 3. We saw a kingfisher at Port Chatham, 

 Kenai Peninsula, May 6, 1936. 



There are some records farther west on Alaska Peninsula. 

 Gabrielson noted it at King Cove and Cold Bay, and he recorded 



