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PASSERCULUS SANDWICHIENSIS SANDWICHIENSIS (Gmelin). 

 SANDWICH SPARROW. 



This species was abundant on Unalaska, in the grassy lowlands. I 

 obtained fourteen specimens near Dutch Harbor. 1 did not find it 

 on any of the other islands we visited. It was also common at Union 

 Bay, Vancouver Island, in grassy places near the shore. 



ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS NUTTALLI Ridgway. 

 NUTTALL'S SPARROW. 



Nuttall's sparrow was very common in the clearings and more open 

 places about Dockton, Washington. The birds were in full song at 

 the time of our visit. Specimens secured are typical of this subspecies. 



TISA VARIABILIS (Temminck). 

 GRAY BUNTING. 



Tisa variabilis A. H. Clark, Proc U. S. Nat. Mas., vol. 32, L907, ]>. 1G8. 



This species was rather common about Petropaulski, but was 

 very retiring; I only found it in dense alder thickets, where it was 

 usually seen on or near the ground. Owing to the difficulty of pene- 

 trating these thickets without making considerable noise and startling 

 all the inhabitants, I was only able to secure a single specimen, which 

 I found, together with its mate, near a spring by the side of the large 

 pond behind Petropaulski. 



MELOSPIZA CINEREA MORPHNA Oberholser. 

 RUSTY SONG SPARROW. 



The Rusty Song Sparrow was very common about Dockton, Wash- 

 ington, occurring in all open places and clearings. It was also abun- 

 dant about Union Bay, Vancouver Island. On May 13, at the latter 

 locality, I secured a young bird with the tail feathers nearly the full 

 length, and found several others, one of which was taken, just able 

 to fly. 



Specimens from both localities agree with others from Seattle, 

 Washington, and Victoria, British Columbia, ami are typical of the 

 subspecies. 



MELOSPIZA MELODIA SANAKA McGregor. 

 ALEUTIAN SONG SPARROW. 



I was not fortunate enough to find t his form at Unalaska, all hough 

 I searched carefully for it. At Atka it occurred, though not abun- 

 dantly, in the rank grass along the beaches, and in the gorge of the 

 small stream which Hows through the town. At Agattu I found it 

 in the tall grass along the shore about Macdonald Bay and along the 

 marshy banks of the lower reaches of the stream which enters the sea 

 at this point. At Attu it occurred in the grassy areas all along the 



