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The following color notes and measurements were taken from the bird : 

 Iris brown; tarsus and toes bluish gray; bill the same at base, but 

 black at tii) ; eyebrows bluish gray. 



Ovaries little developed; eggs not distinguishable to the unaided eye. 



Length, 21; extent, 44; wing, 14; tail, 9; tarsus, 2.37; bill, 1.12; 

 head, 2.50; middle toe, 1.94; middle toe claw, .81. 



33. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gm.) Eidgw. 



81668 (3150) head. Hot Springs, Barauoff Island, Alaska, June 9, 1880. 

 ("3151) sternum. " " " " " " " 



This specimen of the osprey was shot by Capt. E. P. Herendeen near 

 Hot Springs. 



34. Circus hudsonius (Linn.) Yiell. 



81401 (3720) 9. Elephant Point, Eschscholtz B., Alaska, Sept. 2, 1880, 



Several individuals of this hawk were seen flying over the marshes 

 in the vicinity of Elephant Point. The following color notes and meas- 

 urements were taken from the recently-killed bird : 



Length, 21.50; extent, 47.50; wing, 15.50; tail, 10.50; bill, 1.19; head, 

 2; tarsus, 3.37; middle toe and claw, 2.37; middle toe claw, .75. 



Iris brown. The upper tail coverts are not white, as is usually re- 

 corded of this species, but whitish, with many blotches of rufous. 



35. BuTEO BOREALis CALURUS (Cass.) Eidgw. 



81399 (3060) 9 (?).iuv. Baranoff Id., near Sitka, Alaska, June 5, 1880. 



This young hawk was shot by Lieutenant Eockwell, U. S. I^., near 

 Hot Springs Bay. I have the following notes from the recently-killed 

 bird: Iris very light hazel; length, 21.50; extent, 47.50; wing, 14.50; 

 tail, 9. This species has not been previously recorded from Alaska. 



36. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gmel.) Eidgw. 



81400 (3466) 9 • Popoff Island, Shumagins, July 18, 1880. 



Iris hazel. Cere yellow, with a greenish tinge. Lips and feet lemon 

 yellow. Eggs very small. 



Measurements from the fresh bird : Length, 23 ; extent, 50.50 ; wing, 

 18; tail, 10.06; bill, 1.37; head, 2.25; tarsus, 2.94; middle toe and 

 claw, 2.19 ; middle toe claw, .81. 



37. Haliaetus leucocephalus (Linn.) Savig. 



(3293) sternum. Port Althorp, Alaska, June 19, 1880. 



Very abundant in the vicinity of Sitka, May 28 to June 16, 1880, 

 usually around shallow coves in the neighborhood of the mouths of 

 fresh water streams. 



A pair of young birds of this species was seen at Iliuliuk, Unalashka, 

 October 13, 1880. 



