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Suborder OSCINES. 

 Family ZOSTEROPHkE. 



? ZOSTEROPS STEJNEGERI (Seebohm). 

 STEJNEGER'S WHITE-EYE. 



I found a species of Znst< rops, whether Z. stejnegeri or Z. japonic/as 

 I am unable to say, common on Matsushima in the Sea of Japan. 



Family ALAUDIP.K. 



ALAUDA ARVENSIS BLAKISTONI Stejneger. 

 KAMCHATKAN SKYLARK. 



The Kamchatkan Skylark was rather common in the meadows 

 aboul Petropaulski where it was in full song, and 1 mel with a few 

 aboul the sand dunes near Xikolskoi, on Bering Island. 



Family ('< >KYI I >.K. 



Subfamily GkAJRRTJIjINJK. 



PICA PICA KAMTSCHATICA Stejneger. 

 KAMCHATKAN MAGPIE. KAKUK. 



This (hie magpie was common about Petropaulski at the time of 

 our visit, and was perhaps the most conspicuous bird. I found it in 

 all situations, but most frequently on scrubby hillsides. It was very 

 shy and difficult to approach. 



CYANOCITTA STELLERI STELLERI (Gmelin). 

 STELLERS JAY. 



Steller's day was common in the woods about Dockton. Washing- 

 ton, and Union Bay, Vancouver Island. 



Subfamily C '( UiVIJSTvK. 



CORVUS CORAX PRINCIPALIS Ridgway. 



NORTHERN RAVEN. 



The raven is the only corvine bird found in the Aleutian [slands, 

 although the American Magpie occurs on the Alaska peninsula, and on 

 the Shumagins. On Unalaska and Atka I found these birds very 

 common, and, aboul the towns, very bold. They frequented the sea 

 front of the town of I rnalaska, and several were seen about the houses 

 of the town on Atka. Away from the villages, however, they were 

 very shy, and I found it difficult to secure specimens. They were 

 mosl abundanl along the beaches and cliffs bordering the sea, but in 

 these situations they were very shy, much more so than the eagles. I 

 saw none on Agattu, nor did I find any traces of them, although they 



pecur there; possiBly their distribution on that island is local. On 



