1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 143 



123 (149). Fringllia moutifringilla i^Lix.) 264. 



Kegular visitor to Beiiug Island during the migrations. 



In 1885 1 received fr* m Mr. Grebuitzki two additional specimens 

 from Bering Island, collected May 20, 1885 {$ U. S. Nat. Mns. No. 

 106011, 9 No. lOOOm). He remarks that this species has of late been 

 by no means uncommon. 



124 (l.'y). Loxia sp. inc., o22. 



A straggling Crossbill has once been taken on Bering Island, but 

 the species is uncertain.* 



125 (157). Chelidon tytleri (Jerdox) 269. 



Straggles occasionally to Bering Island from the mainland during 

 tlie spring migrations. 



126 (159). Ampelis garrulus Lix. :V23. 



During the spring of 1882 I observed on Bering Island a single Wax- 

 wing in company with two Suowbuntings, but I did not succeed in se- 

 curing it. Mr. Grebnitzki was more fortunate in 1885, when he obtained 

 a female on May 19 (U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 10C610). 



This specimen is the palest and grayest of a good series ol Pa!a;arctic 

 specimens, both eastern and western, though closely approached by a 

 Japanese specimen (U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 109366, 9 , Iwaki, Hondo, Feb. 

 21, 1886). I find, however, quite as much individual difference in a 

 large series of North American specimens, apparently without regard 

 to locality. The Bering Island bird, which is, of course, only a rare 

 straggler, measures as follows: Wing, 112^^""; tail-feathers, 59 ; ex- 

 posed culmen, 10.5; tarsus, 20.5; middle toe with claw, 21. f 



127 (162). Butalis sibirica (Gm.) 27-2. 



Exceedingly numerous on Bering Island during the spring migra- 

 tion of 1883. No other record. 



128 ( 162. i).-? Butalis griseisticta Swinhoe. 



When comparing his Korean specimens of the present genus with the 

 birds I collected on Bering Island, Mr. P. L. Jouy pointed out to me 

 that I had wrongly referred a specimen of what appears to be the pres- 

 ent species to B. sibirica. I have to plead guilty to the oversight, which 

 could not have taken place had I examined the under wing-coverts. 

 But having obtained it simultaneously with the other Flycatchers and 

 agreeing with them in general appearance, I made no closer examina- 

 tion. It is U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 92535, and was shot on Bering Island 

 June 17, 1883, and not on June 7, as stated in my list (Orn. Expl. 

 Kamtsch., p. 273), and forms a very interesting addition to the fauna 

 of Kamtschatka and the Commander Islands. 



*In regard to the alleged occurrence of CUvicola riparia on Bering Island see my 

 Orn. Expl., p. 268, and footnote antea, p. — . 



tDybowski's statement (B. S. Z. F., 1883, p. 361) that Lanius major is also found on 

 Bering Island apparently lacks all foundation, and the species is not so marked in his 

 »nd Taczanowski's "Liste, " &c. 



