°'i9i6 ] Hanna, Birds New to the Pribilof Iskmds. 401 



Other Species New to the Pribilof Islands. 



Colymbus auritus. Horned Grebe. — Two specimens were obtained 

 on St. George Island, a male October 13, 1913, and a female, December 19, 



1913. Two others were secured on St. Paul Island, a male, November 30, 



1914, and an unsexed specimen, January 6, 1915. Others were observed 

 and it seems probable that the species is of regular occurrence in the fall 

 and early winter. All specimens were found feeding along the beaches in 

 the suif. 



Charitonetta albeola. Buffle-head. — Two males were secured on 

 St. George Island, one November 19, 1913, and the other May 19, 1914. 

 A dead bird was seen in the possession of a native on St. Paul Island but 

 no specimens have thus far been preserved from there. 



Branta nigricans. Black Brant. — A male was obtai-ned on St. 

 George Island, September 28, 1913, and another on St. Paul Island, Septem- 

 ber 17, 1914. Small flocks and single birds seem to occur regularly each 

 spring and fall and it has been my experience that this species is more 

 common on the islands than any other goose except the Emperor. 



Pisobia minutilla. Least Sant)piper.— A female was taken by W. 

 H. Osgood at Kaminista Lake, St. Paul Island, on August 29, 1914. 



Pisobia bairdi. Baird's Sandpiper. — Three males were obtained at 

 Kaminista Lake, St. Paul Island, August 31, 1914. The species was care- 

 fully looked for among the Pectoral and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers which 

 resort to these islands in numbers in the fall but these three birds were the 

 only ones seen. 



Rhyacophilus glareola. Wood Sandpiper.— One specimen was ol> 

 tained on St. George Island, May 19, 1914. A blue fox destroyed most 

 of the skin, after it was made up, but there remain the essential portions 

 for identification. This seems to be the second record of the species in 

 North America. 



Faleo peregrinus pealei. Peale's Falcon.— A female was obtained 

 on St. George Island, March 12, 1914. Other duck hawks, apparently of 

 the typical form, were observed on that island but thus far none have been 

 secured for specimens. 



Acanthis hornemanni exilipes. Hoary Redpoll. — A female was 

 obtained at the village on St. Paul Island April 21, 1915. A pair was later 

 seen on the same island at Northeast Point. They probably came over 

 with Acanthis linaria linaria which occurs frequently on both islands. 

 Young of the year of the latter species were collected on St. George Island 

 in the fail of 1913. 



Melospiza melodia sanaka. Aleutian Song Sparrow.— Two speci- 

 mens were collected on St. George Island, a male, October 28, 1913, at the 

 village and a female, December 21, 1913, at Garden Cove. Both Inrds 

 were feeding on the beaches. 



Tachycineta thalassina lepida. Northern Violet-green Saval- 



