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bronze, their bright scarlet faces and gular pouches of rich smalt blue, 

 made a strikingly handsome combination, as they stood craning their 

 necks at us in ignorant stupidity as if they had never seen a man 

 before. They were generally silent, but occasionally uttered a loud, 

 rolling gutteral croak, when alarmed. A few of the nests still con- 

 tained, on July 7, three or four eggs. One nest contained two eggs 

 of the Cormorant and a ]\Iurres egg, which may have rolled into it 

 from the rocks above. 



HARELDA HYEMALIS 



Old-squaw 



Two pairs of Old-squaws in summer plumage were seen in a small 

 pond near the village on St. Paul Island, where they were probably 

 breeding. 



PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS 

 Red Phalarope 



A few flocks of large light-colored Phalaropes were seen flying over 

 the northern parts of Bering Sea and one, a beautiful adult bird, came 

 near enough to be identified. 



ARQUATELLA MARITIMA PTILOCNEMIS 



Pribilof Sandpiper 



These Sandpipers were common on the low tundra at the south end 

 of St. Matthew Island, in the interior at the north end and on Hall 

 Island. Several specimens were taken by Mr. Kleinschmidt. 



HETERACTITIS INCANUS 



Wandering Tattler 



A single bird of this species was heard on the rocky beach of St. 

 Paul Island, near the fur-seal rookeries, on July 6. 



LEUCOSTICTE GRISEONUCHA 



Aleutian Rosy Finch 

 A few were seen on St. Paul Island about the rocky places near the 

 killing grounds. 



PLECTROPHENAX HYPERBOREUS 



McKay's Snow Bunting 

 The name hyperboreus well fits this snow white bit of Arctic bird 

 life which we saw sweeping down in long, curving flights from the 

 rockv hills of St. Matthew Island to feed around the edges of the 



