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In summary, the Aleutian Savannah sparrow is abundant and 

 occupies the western part of Alaska Peninsula, the Fox Islands, 

 Islands of the Four Mountains, and lias been seen as far west as 

 Amukta, where Gabrielson collected a specimen on June 25, 1940, 

 and on Adak, where he found many adults and young. 



Farther west, they are rare, and they were not seen on any of 

 our expeditions; however, Turner (1886) reported that he saw 

 a few at Atka Island in 1879 and a few on Attu in 1880. The 

 Attu chief did not seem to know of the bird. 



Nesting 



McGregor (1906) obtained several sets of eggs that indicate 

 the nesting period: A nest with 4 slightly incubated eggs was 

 found on June 27 in Beaver Inlet; 5 slightly incubated eggs were 

 found June 28 at English Bay; 5 moderately incubated eggs 

 were collected on July 20 on Tigalda; a set of 4 eggs was found 

 on July 28 on Akun ; and 2 females were collected on July 15 and 

 16 at Dutch Harbor, each of which contained eggs. Some of 

 these data suggest a second laying. 



Wetmore found a nest of five fresh eggs at Unalaska, June 9, 

 1911. By July 7, apparently all the young had been hatched. 



When Savannah sparrows are flocking, they are prone to feed 

 along the beaches. 



Junco hyemalis: Slate-colored Junco 

 Junco hyemalis hyemalis 



Osgood (1904), writing of his expedition at the base of Alaska 

 Peninsula, says, "Up to the second week in August j uncos were 

 seen almost daily from Iliamna Village to the lower Chulitna 

 River." 



They are not recorded from Nushagak. Osgood found this 

 junco to be common at Hope and collected specimens there. We 

 saw several of these birds at Seward on May 21, 1937, and 

 Gabrielson found them on Kodiak in November and December. 



Junco oreganus: Oregon Junco 

 Junco oreganus oreganus 



Turner (1886) reported that he obtained a specimen of the 

 Oregon junco at Unalaska Island on April 8, 1879, but I could 

 not find the specimen in the National Museum. Turner says 

 further that he saw "numerous individuals" at Karluk, Kodiak 

 Island, where they were hopping about the village. 



These identifications must be held in doubt. Miller (1941, p. 



