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(Fur Seals and Fur Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. 3, 418, 

 1898) the Northern Bald Eagle, which is abundant on the Aleutian Islands, 

 200 miles south. 



Anthus spinoletta japonicus Temminck and Schlegel. Japanese 

 Pipit. — A female Japanese Pipit was secured on St. Paul Island on August 

 29, 1916. I have found that pipits are regualar fall migrants at the Is- 

 lands but heretofore all those collected have been the common North 

 American subspecies, Anthus spinoletta rubescens. If a large series were 

 secured it is possible other forms might often be found. 



Species New to the Pribilof Islands only. 



Brachyramphus marmoratus (Gmelin). Marbled Murrelet. — 

 A Marbled Murrelet was collected at St. Paul Island, January 13, 1918. 

 It was a very unexpected visitor. The ancient murrelet was recorded 

 from the Islands about 50 years ago and had not been subsequently ob- 

 served. It was the one which was naturally looked for because it is a 

 common bird in Bering Sea. It was a great surprise therefore that the 

 form which lives south of the Aleutian Islands should be found at the 

 Pribilofs in mid-winter. Later, April 18, 1918, a specimen of Synthlibor- 

 amphus antiquus was secured. 



Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck). Slender-billed Shearwater. 

 A female Slender-billed Shearwater was picked up on the beach of St. 

 Paul Island on June 4, 1918. Another bird was seen shortly after, flying 

 about two miles out at sea. Mr. C. E. Crompton told me that numerous 

 individuals were seen in the vicinity of St. George Island at about the 

 same time. 



Chen hyperborea hyperborea (Pallas). Lesser Snow Goose. — A 

 male was secured on St. Paul Island, September 16, 1916. Ordinarily 

 natives are prohibited from using firearms on the Pribilofs during the time 

 when the fur seals are there but on that day a man telephoned to the vil- 

 lage from North East Point, twelve miles distant, that there was some kind 

 of a large white bird in a pond near by. Thinking perhaps a swan was 

 seen and knowing the desirability of specimens in order to determine if 

 any Asiatic species visit the Islands he was instructed to shoot the bird 

 and bring it in. But this snow goose is what he brought. Another bird 

 was killed the following year on the same island but since it belonged 

 clearly to the same species and time did not permit of its preparation it 

 was not preserved. 



Branta canadensis hutchinsii (Richardson). Hutchin's Goose. — 

 A female of this subspecies was shot and preserved on St. Paul Island, May 

 12, 1918. It is considerably larger than the cackling goose which ordi- 

 narily come to the islands each spring and fall, and unlike the latter form 

 there is no sharp demarcation in the coloration of the under parts. 



Arctonetta fischeri Brandt. Spectacled Eider. — Three female 

 Spectacled Eiders were secured at St. Paul Island on January 13, 1918, by 



