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identification was almost certain. This was verified in July 1942, 

 when Beals and Gabrielson obtained a specimen, and noted others, 

 at Izembek Bay. 



Zonotrichia atricapilla: Golden-crowned Sparrow 



This fine-looking sparrow is perfectly at home throughout the 

 length of Alaska Peninsula, on Unimak Island, and the Shumagins. 

 There are many records of its occurrence. Osgood (1901) found 

 it to be common around the village of Hope, and he saw it 

 occasionally in the mountains nearby. On a later expedition, he 

 found it to be very common about Iliamna Bay and Iliamna 

 Village, and he saw a few at Lake Clark, which he considered to 

 be as far as these birds go into the interior (1904). He men- 

 tions the fact that these birds are erratic in migration, strag- 

 gling along irregularly. He refers to one of these stragglers 

 which was taken by McKay and Johnson at Nushagak on Novem- 

 ber 5. 



Cahalane (1944) observed a flock of these sparrows in the 

 lower Ukak River Valley, September 11, 1940, and Hine (1919) 

 evidently found them to be common in the general region of 

 Katmai National Monument. 



The golden-crowned sparrow is a common nesting bird on 

 Kodiak Island, where Friedmann (1935) has obtained many 

 specimens. In the summer of 1940, Gabrielson noted the species 

 on the Barren Islands, Kodiak Island, Afognak Island, Semidi 

 Islands, at Chignik Bay, and Dillingham, and he took several 

 specimens. Later, he saw this bird at Umnak, the Shumagins, and 

 other peninsula localities. 



Gianini (1917) found them to be fairly common at Stepovak 

 Bay, remarking that he heard them first on May 28. In 1911, 

 Wetmore observed them at the east base of Frosty Peak, King 

 Cove, and in the mountains west of Morzhovoi Bay. 



On the 1936 expedition, we noted this sparrow at Yakutat, 

 May 2 ; at Ushagat (Barren Islands) , May 10 ; at Kodiak, May 12 ; 

 at Chignik, May 14 ; at Nagai and Popof Islands, Shumagins, May 

 16 (again on Popof Island, August 26) ; and we saw several at 

 Snag Point, Nushagak River, May 25 and 26. A sparrow was 

 heard singing on Amak Island, May 31, and Williams secured 

 a specimen there. In 1937, we saw this bird at Seward, May 21, 

 and on May 24 they were common, singing and evidently nest- 

 ing, on Dolgoi Island, west of the Shumagins. 



In 1925, I observed this sparrow about the west end of Alaska 



