﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  27 
  

  

  where 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  familiar 
  and 
  bold. 
  It 
  builds 
  in 
  the 
  crevices 
  of 
  the 
  rocks, 
  but 
  

   I 
  was 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  nest. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  cheerful 
  and 
  melodious 
  note, 
  and 
  is, 
  

   to 
  soms 
  extent, 
  gregarious 
  ; 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  being 
  usually 
  seen 
  together. 
  It 
  was 
  

   not 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  Shumagins, 
  though 
  it 
  may 
  occur 
  there. 
  Eye 
  black. 
  

  

  Leucosticte 
  griseinucha, 
  Bon. 
  (323.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  small 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  islands, 
  and 
  is 
  especially 
  

   common 
  in 
  Unalashka, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  resident. 
  On 
  the 
  24th 
  of 
  May 
  we 
  found 
  a 
  

   nest, 
  situated 
  in 
  a 
  crevice 
  of 
  a 
  rocky 
  bank 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  Captain's 
  Harbor, 
  

   Unalashka. 
  It 
  was 
  of 
  grass, 
  very 
  neatly 
  sewed 
  together, 
  and 
  lined 
  with 
  fine 
  

   grass 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  feathers. 
  It 
  contained 
  five 
  white 
  eggs 
  in 
  a 
  fresh 
  condition, 
  and 
  

   was 
  about 
  twelve 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  beach. 
  The 
  bird's 
  eye 
  is 
  black. 
  It 
  was 
  most 
  

   common 
  on 
  the 
  grassy 
  banks 
  and 
  rocky 
  bluffs 
  near 
  the 
  shore. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  remem- 
  

   ber 
  ever 
  having 
  seen 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  hig-her 
  hills 
  or 
  mountains. 
  It 
  is 
  usually 
  found 
  

   singly, 
  or 
  in 
  pairs. 
  

  

  Pleclrop/ianes 
  nivalis, 
  Lin. 
  (325.) 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  Unalashka, 
  and 
  not 
  uncommon, 
  though 
  shy 
  and 
  usu- 
  

   ally 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  mountains. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  seen 
  near 
  the 
  shore 
  when 
  the 
  heav- 
  

   iest 
  snows 
  of 
  winter 
  have 
  entirely 
  covered 
  up 
  the 
  seeds 
  and 
  berries, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   forced 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  subsistence 
  on 
  the 
  beaches. 
  It 
  goes 
  in 
  large 
  flocks, 
  and 
  builds 
  

   on 
  the 
  mountains, 
  though 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  obtain 
  a 
  nest. 
  Eye 
  black. 
  

  

  Passerculus 
  sandwichensis, 
  Baird. 
  (333.) 
  

  

  When 
  about 
  five 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  miles 
  from 
  land 
  (the 
  Shumagins 
  being 
  

   nearest) 
  in 
  latitude 
  47° 
  N., 
  and 
  longitude 
  152° 
  03' 
  W., 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  flew 
  

   aboard, 
  and 
  being 
  secured, 
  lived 
  several 
  days 
  in 
  an 
  extemporized 
  cage. 
  This 
  

   was 
  on 
  the 
  13th 
  of 
  September, 
  1871. 
  The 
  wind 
  was 
  moderate, 
  from 
  tlie 
  N.W., 
  

   but 
  had 
  been 
  blowing 
  harder. 
  The 
  eye 
  was 
  black 
  and 
  the 
  feet 
  flesh 
  color. 
  It 
  

   is 
  a 
  summer 
  resident 
  throughout 
  the 
  islands 
  east 
  of 
  Unalashka, 
  and 
  was 
  not 
  

   uncommon 
  there 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Shumagins. 
  

  

  Zonotrichia 
  caronata, 
  Baird. 
  (347.) 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  was 
  not 
  uncommon 
  in 
  the 
  Shumagins 
  in 
  summer, 
  where 
  it 
  builds 
  ; 
  

   but 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  heard 
  of 
  it 
  at 
  Unalashka. 
  The 
  eye 
  is 
  dark 
  brown. 
  Our 
  spe- 
  

   cimens 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  Popoff 
  Island, 
  June 
  22, 
  1872. 
  

  

  Melospiza 
  insignU, 
  Baird. 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  resident 
  of 
  Unalashka, 
  and 
  is 
  common 
  at 
  the 
  Shu- 
  

   magins. 
  It 
  is 
  comparatively 
  common 
  at 
  the 
  former 
  locality, 
  and 
  appears 
  to 
  

   frequent 
  the 
  low 
  flats 
  and 
  beaches 
  along 
  shore, 
  exclusively. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  ob- 
  

   served 
  it 
  far 
  inland 
  or 
  at 
  any 
  great 
  altitude. 
  Eye 
  black. 
  

  

  Corvm 
  carnivorus, 
  Bartram. 
  (423.) 
  

  

  Abundant 
  around 
  all 
  the 
  villages, 
  but 
  seldom 
  seen 
  far 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  habita- 
  

  

  