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dociuo, California, and may safely be claimed for the ftiuna of the United 

 States. The nests of Hirimdo erythrogastra and Melosjyiza fasciata 

 rufina are worthy of more extended examination than I have been able 

 to give them. 



On the 23d of October, when about 700 miles south of Unalashka 

 Island, a small flock of geese was seen flying towards the southeast, and 

 sometimes resting on the water. We did not sail close enough to make 

 them out, but there is little doubt that they belonged to the genus Anser. 

 Mr. Dall, Mr. Baker, Captain Herendeen, and I looked at them with a 

 glass, and all agreed as to the identification. Owing to the distance, 

 we could not determine the species. 



So far as most of the species are concerned 1 have simply transcribed 

 my hastily made field notes. In a few cases, however, I have supple- 

 mented these fragments by subsequent investigations in the Museum. 

 Even in this small collection there still remains some material that is 

 worthy of the attention and will, doubtless, eventually receive the notice 

 of an ornithologist. 



To Mr. Dall I owe the opportunity of joining his party, and he, as well 

 as his assistants, contributed as much as possible to the collection; the 

 probability of finding Eurinorhynclms at Plover Bay was first suggested 

 by Mr. Dall. 



I am much indebted to Mr. Robert Ridgway for aid in determining 

 the species collected by me and for advice in the preparation of these 

 notes. 



1. Hylocichla ALICIA Baird. 



81334 (3493) $ . St. Paul, Kodiak, July 13, 1S80. 



Found in the timber, in the vicinity of the potato fields of the St. 

 Paul people. 



2. Hylocichla unalascje (Gmel.) Eidgw. 



81333 (3236) $ . Sitka, June 15, 1880. 



81331 (3340) S . Chugachik Bay, Cook's Inlet, July 1, 1880. 



(3341) ^ ad. " Cook's Inlet, " " " 



81332(3342) 9- « «< « <' ^« 



81330(3492),?. St. Paul, Kodiak, "12, " 



81692 (3428) alcoholic, Wooded Id., Kodiak, " 13, " 



At Chugachik Bay this species was not uncommon in the little grove 

 of Sitka spruce on the spit near our anchorage, associated with ^giotlms 

 linaria. 



3. Merula migratoria (Linn.) Sw. & Rich. 



I saw one of this species at Sitka, May 29, 1880, in the vicinity of 

 Piseco Lake. 



4. Hesperocichla n^via (Gmel.) Baird. 



(3235) ad. ^ . Sitka, Alaska, Juno 15, 1880. 



Found near the mouth of Indian River. The only one seen, although 

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