FAUNA OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND ALASKA PENINSULA 233 



fresh eggs, found on June 19, on Unalaska, at an elevation of 

 about 500 feet. 



On June 10, 1925, in the valley bottom below Aghileen Pin- 

 nacles, I found a nest on mossy ground, almost completely over- 

 hung by vegetation, mostly grass. The nest was made of fine 

 roots in the outer structure, then a layer of old fine grass, dark in 

 color, and an inner lining of fine clean grass. Outer diameter 

 was 110 mm. ; inner diameter was 67 mm. ; and depth was 40 mm. 

 There were six eggs in the nest. 



Anthus cervinus: Red-throated Pipit 



This species is credited to the Aleutian Islands on the authority 

 of Zander (1853). Stating its general distribution, Zander says 

 that it is widespread, reaching from Dalmatia and Lapland, 

 through the adjacent part of Asia to the islands near America, 

 and also in Egypt and Nubia ("durch den angrenzenden Theil 

 von Asien bis zu den Inseln bei Amerika verbreitet") . 



This is a vague reference in a general statement of distribu- 

 tion. It does not specify specimens taken nor type of observa- 

 tions made, nor does it identify the "islands near America" that 

 he mentions. Apparently, subsequent authors have assumed that 

 he meant the Aleutian Islands. Certainly, Zander did not state 

 the case adequately, and, although it is possible that the species 

 occurs on the Aleutians, we should have better evidence. 



Family LANIIDAE 



Lanius excubitor: Northern Shrike 

 Lanius excubitor invictus 



Osgood (1904) records specimens from the mouth of Chulitna 

 River and Swan Lake, and he observed the bird on Kakhtul River 

 and near Nushagak. McKay obtained specimens at Ugashik, and 

 Cahalane (1943) "found shrikes to be fairly common on the west 

 side of the Aleutian Range" in the Katmai region. Friedmann 

 (1935) mentions 2 specimens from Kodiak, and Gabrielson ob- 

 served 3 of these birds at Kodiak also. 



These records refer to the base of Alaska Peninsula and 

 neighboring localities, where some timber is present, but the 

 bird also occurs far to the west on treeless terrain. In 1936, 

 Petri, who was warden in the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries at 

 Chignik, told us that shrikes occur commonly in that locality. 



On May 5, 1925, I saw a shrike on a trapper's hut at Urilia 

 Bay, Unimak Island. Arthur Neuman, of Ikatan Peninsula, 



