400 Hanna, Birds New to the Pribilof Islands. [oct. 



RECORDS OF BIRDS NEW TO THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS 

 INCLUDING TWO NEW TO NORTH AMERICA.^ 



BY G. DALLAS HANNA. 



To an ornithologist stationed on the Pribilof Islands in Bering 

 Sea, the opportunities for making observations are exceptionally 

 good, and the possibility of obtaining new and rare visitors seems 

 to be almost unlimited. The list of Asiatic stragglers already 

 recorded from the grovip is comparatively large. But migrants 

 come from other directions as well as from the west and the frequent 

 and large cyclonic storms in that region may be responsible for 

 the occurrence there of so many birds found regularly no nearer 

 than several hundred miles. 



Specimens of all of the species recorded herein were obtained by 

 me dvtring my recent residence on the islands (July, 1913 to Sep- 

 tember, 1915), with the exception of the Least Sandpiper and the 

 Pileolated Warbler which were obtained by W. H. Osgood and 

 A. G. W'hitne^^ respectively. All of the specimens collected have 

 been deposited in the LTnited States National Museum by the 

 Bureau of Fisheries. 



I am under obligations to Edward A. Preble, H. C. Oberholser 

 and Alexander Wetmore for assistance in determining these birds. 



Species New to North America. 



Clangula clangula clangula. European Golden-eye. — A female 

 was shot from a flock of four in the Salt Lagoon of St. Paul Island, Bering 

 Sea, November 27, 1914. It is the same size as specimens from the Com- 

 mander Islands and China and while these are somewhat larger than birds 

 from the Atlantic coast region of Em-ope, they are smaller than those from 

 continental North America. 



Fringilla montifringilla. Brambling. — A male was captured in 

 the watch house at Northeast Point, St. Paul Island, Bering Sea, October 

 25, 1914. The specimen is defective in that it lacks the tail feathers. 



' Published by permission of the Commissioner of Fisheries. 



