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ee | QGtanini, Alaska Peninsula Notes. : 401 
Corvus corax principalis. NorrHerRN Raven.— Fairly common; 
they traveled up and down the rivers. Their wing movements are very 
noisy when flying and I could always tell when a Raven passed overhead 
without looking up. 
Acanthis linaria subsp.?. Reppoty.— I was disappointed in seeing 
but one of these birds. 
Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis. SNow Buntine.— Up here this is a 
different looking bird from what I see home in the winter — it is a beauti- 
ful white and black bird and naturally not found in big flocks as we know 
it. It is fairly common on the flats and also well up the mountains and 
no tamer here than further south. I was never able to get close enough to 
enjoy its little song. 
Calcarius lapponicus alascensis. ALasKA Lonaspur.—On the 
flats around the home camp in May, June and July the birds were plentiful 
and I never could walk about without seeing the male sail up in the air a 
short distance and sing his song; sometimes descending as he sang. They 
breed here. 
Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus. WersTEeRN SAVANNAH SPAR- 
Row.— Is here in abundance and seen on the tundra and flats and also on 
the cliffs and rocks of the shore. Breeds. 
Zonotrichia coronata. GoLDEN-cCROWNED Sparrow.— Fairly com- 
mon here but seen more frequently inland than near the shore. I heard 
them first on the 28th of May; notes are suggestive of those of the White- 
throated Sparrow. They fed about the camp. 
Passerella iliaca unalaschensis. SHumacin Fox Sparrow.— A 
few seen. 
Hirundo erythrogastra. Barn Swattow.— This was the one bird 
which brought back most vividly to mind the thoughts of home and to 
find it here in July optimistically starting a nest was a pleasant treat. 
On our return to the home camp on the 17th of June I noticed about the 
place a pair of these birds and one Bank Swallow but in a few days the 
latter disappeared leaving only the mated pair. Our shack was protected 
in front by a partially closed veranda and the swallows were in and out 
continually and in the early morning their twitterings were the first sounds 
we heard. The cabin proper had several windows, the casings of which 
had never been sealed up on the outside so that at the top was a long narrow 
shelf and right after the Ist of July the birds started a nest on one end of 
one over against the side upright; I only had to raise myself a few inches 
to overlook the building operation. One of the birds, the female, did all 
the work; she gathered the mud, made the variously shaped pellets and 
laid by a small supply of dried grass. First was laid a course of the pellets 
outlining a space slightly longer one way; then the bird made a number of 
pellets varyings in size which she placed to one side possibly to dry and 
furnish a handy stock so that when she got further along she could pro- 
ceed in laying up the walls without having to wait for materials. 
Unfortunately this nest was never completed; the Magpies bothered 
