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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  tions 
  of 
  man. 
  It 
  is 
  half 
  domesticated 
  in 
  its 
  habits, 
  and 
  builds 
  in 
  April, 
  on 
  the 
  

   rocky 
  cliffs. 
  

  

  Pica 
  hudsonica, 
  Bon. 
  (432.) 
  

  

  Abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Shiimagins, 
  building 
  in 
  the 
  alder 
  bushes, 
  and 
  going 
  as 
  far 
  

   west 
  as 
  they 
  do, 
  namely, 
  to 
  False 
  or 
  Isanotsky 
  Pass, 
  at 
  the 
  termination 
  of 
  Ali- 
  

   aska 
  Peninsula. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  Unalashka, 
  nor 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  shore 
  of 
  

   the 
  peninsula. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  resident, 
  but 
  may 
  migrate 
  in 
  winter. 
  

  

  Lagopus 
  albus, 
  Aud. 
  (467.) 
  

  

  A 
  resident 
  from 
  the 
  Shumagins 
  to 
  Unalashka, 
  but 
  more 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  

   mountains, 
  and 
  except 
  during 
  incubation, 
  much 
  shyer 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  Yukon 
  region. 
  

   In 
  Unalashka 
  it 
  generally 
  retains 
  a 
  few 
  brown 
  feathers 
  even 
  in 
  winter. 
  The 
  

   nest 
  and 
  eggs 
  (9) 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  Popoflf 
  Island, 
  Shumagins, 
  June 
  20, 
  1872, 
  the 
  

   embryos 
  being 
  well 
  developed. 
  I 
  made 
  inquiries 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  L. 
  rilpestris, 
  but 
  

   could 
  get 
  no 
  information, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  that 
  species 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   islands. 
  

  

  Hcematopus 
  viger, 
  PaWaa. 
  (513.) 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  is 
  a 
  summer 
  visitor 
  to 
  the 
  islands, 
  and 
  was 
  seen 
  both 
  in 
  Unalashka 
  

   and 
  the 
  Shumagins. 
  The 
  eggs, 
  partly 
  incubated, 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  Range 
  

   Island, 
  Popoff 
  Strait, 
  Shumagins, 
  June 
  23, 
  1872. 
  There 
  were 
  two 
  in 
  one 
  nest 
  

   and 
  one 
  in 
  another, 
  if 
  nest 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  called, 
  being 
  simply 
  a 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  

   gravel 
  of 
  the 
  beach 
  without 
  even 
  a 
  straw 
  to 
  soften 
  its 
  asperities. 
  The 
  birds 
  are 
  

   exceedingly 
  wary, 
  and 
  kept 
  entirely 
  out 
  of 
  gunshot, 
  but 
  were 
  fully 
  recognized. 
  

   They 
  utter, 
  when 
  disturbed, 
  a 
  peculiar, 
  low 
  whistle 
  ; 
  which, 
  once 
  heard, 
  is 
  

   likely 
  to 
  be 
  remembered 
  ; 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  habit 
  of 
  standing 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  or 
  

   rocks 
  a 
  little 
  way 
  apart, 
  and 
  whistling 
  to 
  one 
  another 
  ; 
  one 
  calling 
  and 
  the 
  

   other 
  answering 
  ; 
  and 
  keeping 
  it 
  up 
  for 
  half 
  an 
  hour 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  peculiar 
  birds 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  in 
  its 
  motions, 
  having 
  a 
  grave, 
  solemn 
  

   and 
  stilted 
  gait, 
  and 
  bobbing 
  its 
  head 
  up 
  and 
  down 
  with 
  every 
  step. 
  

  

  Tringa 
  {Pelidna) 
  maridma, 
  Brunn. 
  (528) 
  

  

  Iris 
  black. 
  A 
  resident. 
  Abundant 
  along 
  shore 
  throughout 
  the 
  year, 
  in 
  the 
  

   islands 
  from 
  Unalashka 
  to 
  the 
  Shumagins. 
  Nest 
  and 
  eggs 
  not 
  observed. 
  

  

  Tringa 
  crafsirostrts, 
  Temm. 
  

   '" 
  Breeding 
  abundantly 
  at 
  the 
  Pribyloff 
  Islands, 
  though 
  previously 
  known 
  only 
  

   from 
  Eastern 
  China 
  and 
  Japan. 
  (H. 
  W. 
  Elliott, 
  coll.) 
  

  

  Actodromus 
  minudlla, 
  Coues. 
  (532.) 
  

  

  Obtained 
  at 
  Popoff 
  Island, 
  June 
  20, 
  1872. 
  Eye 
  black. 
  Rather 
  abundant 
  

   along 
  the 
  beaches. 
  

  

  C/taralrhis 
  virginicus, 
  Borck. 
  (503.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  obtained 
  June 
  22, 
  1872, 
  at 
  Popoff 
  Island, 
  Shumagins, 
  the 
  

   only 
  instance 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  observed. 
  Iris 
  black. 
  

  

  Limosa 
  uropygialis, 
  Gould. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  obtained 
  — 
  a 
  single 
  individual 
  — 
  on 
  the 
  Chica 
  Rocka, 
  Aku- 
  

  

  