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May 25 and 26, 1936. Redpolls also occur on Kodiak Island, ap- 

 parently the year round according to the specimens recorded by 

 Friedmann (1935). Howell (1948) observed them frequently 

 on Kodiak, and, on June 19, he found a nest with four eggs in an 

 alder bush. 



The common redpoll also is found far to the west. In June, 

 1940, Gabrielson noted this bird at Chignik Bay, at Sand Point 

 on Popof Island, and at Morzhovoi Bay. We noted them at Sand 

 Point on August 26, 1936, and, on May 24, 1937, two or three 

 were heard singing on Dolgoi Island. 



Arthur Neumann, a resident at Ikatan, Unimak Island, de- 

 scribed a "small brown bird with pink head" that came to feed 

 on crumbs he put out for birds. 



In May 1925, I found redpolls to be common on Unimak Is- 

 land, in the alders back of False Pass, where the first flock were 

 seen April 27. Late in May, redpolls were trilling and singing 

 among the alder patches below Aghileen Pinnacles. 



Beals and Longworth found redpolls in flocks at False Pass in 

 the winter and spring of 1941. Specific dates mentioned are: 

 January 19, February 24, March 13 and 18, and May 2, 3, and 23. 

 Flocks, which often were seen in alder thickets, numbered from 

 10 to 60 birds. 



McGregor (1906) found redpolls nesting on Unalaska Island. 

 We saw them on Unalaska on July 12, 1936, and Gabrielson saw 

 them nesting on several occasions. Wetmore refers to one of 

 these birds that Bent saw on Amaknak Island on June 7, 1911, 

 and Turner (1886) records the species from Unalaska, adding 

 that it does not occur west of that point. Probably they do not 

 nest farther west, but, on July 28, 1937, we saw 2 redpolls on 

 the beach of Ogliuga Island, and, on July 31, we saw 2 more 

 on West Unalga Island. However, these may have been migrants. 

 Gabrielson saw a flock of nine birds on Atka Island on January 

 31, 1941. Taber saw a single redpoll on Adak Island on Decem- 

 ber 16 and 30, 1945, and Sutton and Wilson (1946) record one 

 on Attu on February 18, 1945. 



Stejneger (1885) mentions this species in the Commander Is- 

 lands, but he thought that it probably does not nest there. 



Acanthis flammea holboell'ii 



This subspecies was taken by McKay and Johnson at Nushagak. 

 We have no other records of it, but redpolls are not always 

 readily identified, and it might be overlooked in mixed flocks un- 

 less a good view is obtained. 



