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said shrikes occur on Unimak and that on several occasions he 

 had seen them carrying mice, or hanging them in the willows. 

 He had once seen a shrike harrying a ptarmigan. 



Beals and Longworth reported seeing 10 shrikes near False 

 Pass, between January 11 and May 15, 1941. Presumably, some 

 of these sightings may have been duplications. They saw a pair 

 on one occasion. They remarked that "Residents of Unimak Is- 

 land recognize them and their murderous work among the smaller 

 song birds." 



A more western record for this bird in the Aleutians is 

 Gabrielson's observation at Unalaska Island, July 3, 1941. 



Taber, writing of Adak Island, reports — 



On January 9, 1946, a female mallard was seen flying along a small stream 

 near Shagak Bay; a shrike struck at her back twice as she flew. The mallard 

 lit in the water and the shrike hovered characteristically over her for a 

 moment and then lit on a barbed wire fence. The ground was snow covered 

 at this time, leading to the supposition that this shrike was extremely hard 

 pressed for food. 



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Vermivora celata: Orange-crowned Warbler 

 Vermivora celata celata 



The orange-crowned warbler was collected by McKay at 

 Nushagak, where it breeds, and Osgood (1904) observed a few 

 about Lakes Iliamna and Clark, and took specimens. We ob- 

 tained a specimen at Snag Point, Nushagak River, May 25, but 

 we saw none farther west. 



Vermivora celata lutescens 



This is the form known to inhabit the Cook Inlet region. Nel- 

 son (1887) mentions a specimen taken by Bischoff at Fort Kenai, 

 the type locality, and says that it occurs on Kodiak. Howell 

 reported them to be common on Kodiak, where he found four 

 nests. He considered them "sparsely but regularly distributed 

 in the wooded valleys" of this island. Friedmann (1935) lists 

 three Kodiak specimens. It is interesting to note that it is lutes- 

 cens, from Kenai Peninsula, and not celata, from Alaska Penin- 

 sula, that has reached Kodiak Island. 



Dendroica petechia: Yellow Warbler 

 Dendroica petechia rubiginosa 



Aldrich (1942) has presented convincing evidence that the 

 golden and yellow warblers are conspecific, and, because the 



