402 Granini, Alaska Peninsula Notes. Ines 
the Swallows so they finally gave up the task and moved to other quarters. 
In the early days before houses and barns were plentiful and afforded 
nesting sights Barn Swallows nested in caves and caverns and as houses 
and huts are few and far between here, possibly this pair of birds reverted 
to primitive ways and resorted to a cave of which there were many in the 
cliffs along the shore. 
The two birds were often together but I only saw the one do any work. 
The late date at which the nest was started might cause one to think 
that they had already raised one family but I doubt this as I never saw 
more than the two birds. 
Riparia riparia. Bank Swattow.—I only saw the one previously 
mentioned. 
Dendroica estiva rubiginosa. ALASKA YELLOW WARBLER.— The 
guide collected one and I think I saw a few more. Not very common. 
Wilsonia pusilla pileolata. PitsoLaTep WaArRBLER.— Fairly com- 
mon and I often saw them after the Ist of June. Breeds. 
Anthus rubescens. Pirir.— This bird is supposed to breed on high 
ground but I found it occasionally on the lowlands. Breeds. 
Cinclus mexicanus unicolor. Water Ovuzeu.— This little bird 
proved one of my big disappointments. On my way to Alaska I had talked 
with my guide, who accompanied me, about these birds and he assured me 
I should find them on almost every stream; in fact they were so plentiful 
that in his trapping operations he shot them to bait his traps. I was 
continually on the watch for them and one day when I was very busy with 
a bear skin in a swift river I caught a hasty glance of one which proved 
the only one of the trip. 
Hylocichla guttata guttata. ALaska Hermit THrusu.— Noted this 
bird first on the 5th of June and saw and heard it occasionally afterwards. 
The foggy depressing weather may have had some effect on the bird’s 
spirits but the song I heard could not compare with that of our bird in 
the Adirondacks. 
Penthestes cinctus alascensis. ALASKA CHICKADEE.— One day 
while hunting inland we lunched in the meagre shelter of some alders and 
while there several birds put in an appearance. They looked and acted 
about the same as our eastern Black-cap. These were the only ones 
I saw. 
