f,,S PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL UUSEl I/. vol. 38. 



HALIAETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS ALASCANUS C. H. Townsend. 

 ALASKAN BALD EAGLE. 



Bald eagles were very common about Union Bay, Vancouver 

 [sland, and abundant at Unalaska. They were very common al Atka, 

 where on a small island off the coast an Indian shot 175 last winter to 

 prevent their making depredations on the young of a colony of blue 

 foxes which had been established there. I did not see any of these 

 eagles on Agattu, Attn, or the Commander Islands. 



Family FALC< >N I DM. 



FALCO PEREGRINUS ANATUM (Bonaparte). 

 DUCK HAWK. 



In my collection there is a typical young female of this subspecies, 

 secured by Mr. F. M. Chamberlain oil' the Colombian coast, about 

 100 miles southwest of Panama, in November, 1903. It agrees with 

 another specimen from Colombia in the National Museum collection, 

 and with specimens from the United States. 



FALCO PEREGRINUS PEALEI Ridgway. 

 PEALE'S FALCON. TSCHORNIJ JASTRIP. AGULEK. 



This species was observed on all the Aleutian Islands we visited, 

 but did not appear to be abundant. It was noticed at Bering Island, 

 and several were seen at Siinushir in the Kurds. Peale's Falcon is 

 strikingly different from the Peregrine in life, appearing at a little 

 distance quite black. About the rocky and barren shores of the 

 Aleutian and Kuril islands the actions of this bird are in every way 

 similar to those of its representative Falco peregrinus anatum in its 

 winter haunts along the shores of the West Indies. 



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Family PA N I )]< ).\ 1 1 ).K. 



PANDION HALIAfiTUS (Linnaeus^ subspecies. 

 OSPREY. 



Ospreya were common about Petropaulski at the time of my visit, 

 but 1 did not notice them anywhere else. 



'The material available is insufficient for me to form an opinion as 

 to the identity of the easl Asiatic with the European or with the 

 American bird; they appear, however, to be slightly nearer the latter. 



PANDION HALIAETUS CAROLINENSIS ( Gmelin i. 

 AMERICAN OSPREY. 



The Fish Hawk was not uncommon about Union Bay, Vancouver 

 [sland, at t he t ime of m\ \ i>it . 



