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28. Cyanocitta stelleri (Gm.) Caban. 



(30:}7) <?. Old Sitka (mouth of river), Juue 2, 1880. 



81392 (30G3) ^. Near Hot Springs Bay, Baraaotf Id., June 5, 1880. 

 Measurements of number 3037 in the fresh state : Length, 13 ; ex- 

 tent, 18.37 ; wing, 6; tail, 6; crest, 2 ; testis, .37. When shot, this bird 

 had its mouth and crop crammed full of insects. 



A bird of this species was shot at Port Althorp, June 19, but was lost 

 in a dense thicket. 



29. Empidonax difficilis Baird. 



81393 (3067) ad. ^ . Near Hot Springs Bay, (Sitka), Alaska, June 5, 1880. 



This individual was oue of a few examples seen at the place noted. 

 It is the first speccimen of the species recorded from Alaska, and, so 

 far as I know, the only one. From the size of the testes (.25) it is proba- 

 ble that this date represents very nearly the breeding time of this fly- 

 catcher in the locality named. 



The fresh bird furnished the following measurements : Length, 5.25; 

 extent, 7.50 5 wing, 2.62. 



30. Selasphorus rufus (Gmel.) Aud. 



(3097) juv. Sitka. 



(3098) " " 



A live humming bird, with its nest and eggs, was brought into Mr. 

 Whitford's store at Sitka, June 9, 1880, but none of our iiarty were pres- 

 ent at the time, and we did not get them. 



31. Nyctea scandiaca Linn. 



(3681) sternum of 81397. 



81397 (3689) i ad. Point Belcher, Alaska, Arctic O. Aug. 27, 1880. 



Common on the gently rising ground inlaud from the small lake near 

 our anchorage. I saw as many as six atone time on small grassy mounds. 

 They were uniformly hard to approach, never allowing me to come 

 within gun-shot, except in the one instance when I crept along under 

 cover of the low bluff forming one of the lake borders, and rose sud- 

 denly within easy range. 



32. Hierofalco gyrfalco sacer (Forst.) Eidgw. 



81398 (3838) $ . Bering Sea, 60 miles E.S.E. from St. George Island. Sept. 24, 1880. 

 (3838) sternum of above. 



This individual was shot while trying to alight on the vessel ; it 

 dropped into the leach of the mainsail, and from thence into the cockpit, 

 where it was secured. Two examples of this species, according to my 

 belief, were around the vessel between St. Mathew and St. Lawrence 

 Islands, a few days i^revious to this date. One of them was shot, but 

 lost. 



Proc. Nat. Mus, 82 11 July 25, 1 8 83. 



