NO. 32 BIRDS OF ALEUTIAN ISLANDS — liKXT I9 



with a stick in its claws. I also saw a pair mating at Atka Island 

 on June 13. These facts would seem to indicate that they are late 

 breeders. We did not secure any specimens or find any nests. 



ASIO FLAMMEUS 



Short-eared Owl 



A single individual of this species was seen on Amaknak Island, 

 near Dutch Harbor, on June 7, where it was flushed from the top of 

 a small spruce tree, in one of the only two clumps of trees in the 

 Aleutian Islands. 



CORVUS CORAX PRINCIPALIS 



Northern. Raven 



Ravens were common throughout the whole Aleutian chain. 

 About Iluliuk Village, Unalaska, they were particularly abundant 

 and absurdly tame. They habitually frequented a steep grassy hill- 

 side, across a small creek from the town, whence they made frequent 

 visits to the village. Along the beach and about the houses they 

 were as tame as hens, hopping away a few feet from us or sitting 

 on the fences or on the roofs of the houses like tame Crows. They 

 are useful as scavengers and probably make a good living. Their 

 aerial evolutions are strikingly interesting, showing wonderful com- 

 mand of their flight powers. The young were fully grown and on 

 the wing at the time of our arrival, the first week in June. 



HYPOCENTOR RUSTICA 



Rustic Bunting- 

 Two specimens of this bird, at that time unknown to us, were 

 picked up dead and partially dried on Kiska Island. On June 19. at 

 the same place, Mr. Wetmore saw and collected a living specimen. 

 I saw two or three birds on Adak Island, which I thought were this 

 species but they were exceedingly shy and 1 did not collect any. This 

 species occurs regularly in Japan and on the Asiatic mainland from 

 Kamchatka to China, and as a rare straggler only in the Commander 

 Islands. 



LEUCOSTICTE GRISEONUCHA 



Aleutian Rosy Finch 



This characteristic Aleutian species was uniformly distributed in 



all suitable localities over all of the islands. Its favorite haunts are 



the rocky mountain sides and summits, its breeding grounds the 



rocky ravines and inaccessible cliffs and its feeding grounds about 



