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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  bird 
  was 
  abundant. 
  It 
  builds 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  localities 
  as 
  nivalis. 
  This 
  

   bird 
  was 
  obtained 
  in 
  Attu, 
  Kyska, 
  and 
  Adakh, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  Amchitka, 
  which 
  is 
  

   a 
  low 
  island. 
  We 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  it 
  at 
  Atka, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  certain 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  

   occur 
  in 
  Unalashka, 
  or 
  the 
  islands 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  point. 
  In 
  the 
  localities 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  found, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  summer 
  visitor 
  only, 
  disappearing 
  after 
  the 
  young 
  are 
  

   able 
  to 
  fly. 
  

  

  9. 
  Passercidas 
  sandwickensis, 
  Bd. 
  (333). 
  Sparrow. 
  

  

  Abundant, 
  as 
  usual, 
  in 
  Unalashka, 
  but 
  not 
  passing 
  west 
  of 
  that 
  island. 
  A 
  

   summer 
  resident. 
  

  

  10. 
  Melospiza 
  insignts, 
  Bd. 
  (362'). 
  Song 
  Sparrow. 
  

  

  A 
  resident 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  throughout 
  the 
  Aleutian 
  Islands. 
  The 
  young 
  

   had 
  obtained 
  a 
  considerable 
  size 
  early 
  in 
  July, 
  at 
  Kyska. 
  There 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  

   two 
  tolerably 
  well-marked 
  varieties 
  of 
  this 
  bird, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  localities 
  ; 
  

   one 
  of 
  pure 
  ashy 
  tints, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  much 
  tinged 
  with 
  rufous 
  brown. 
  

  

  11. 
  Corvus 
  carnivorus, 
  Bartr. 
  (423). 
  Raven. 
  

  

  A 
  resident 
  throughout 
  the 
  islands, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  PribylofiF 
  group, 
  

   and 
  is 
  less 
  abundant 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  population. 
  A 
  few 
  young 
  ones 
  were 
  

   taken 
  to 
  St. 
  Paul 
  Island 
  in 
  the 
  spring, 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  be 
  of 
  use 
  

   in 
  devouring 
  lue 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  seals 
  killed 
  there, 
  which 
  cause 
  a 
  very 
  offensive 
  

   odor 
  during 
  the 
  hunting 
  season. 
  

  

  12. 
  Lagopus 
  alb 
  IS, 
  Aud. 
  (467). 
  Ptarmigan. 
  

  

  More 
  or 
  less 
  abundant 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  Aleutian 
  Islands. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  numerous, 
  

   and 
  laid 
  in 
  a 
  rounded 
  depression 
  in 
  the 
  upland 
  turf, 
  or 
  moss." 
  June 
  21st 
  we 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  nine 
  much 
  incubated 
  eggs, 
  at 
  Attu 
  ; 
  and 
  young 
  grouse 
  were 
  abundant 
  at 
  

   Kyska, 
  July 
  8th. 
  We 
  endeavored 
  to 
  rear 
  some, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  induce 
  them 
  to 
  

   eat 
  anything. 
  

  

  From 
  cffreful 
  examination 
  of 
  many 
  specimens, 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  killed 
  for 
  

   the 
  table, 
  I 
  feel 
  sure 
  that 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  species 
  of 
  grouse 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  islands, 
  

   and 
  I 
  believe 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  authenticated 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  L. 
  rupes- 
  

   tris 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  156th 
  meridian. 
  

  

  13. 
  HcEmatopus 
  niger, 
  Pallas, 
  (513). 
  Oyster- 
  Catcher. 
  

  

  Very 
  abundant 
  at 
  Adakh 
  ; 
  seen 
  at 
  Kyska 
  and 
  Amchitka. 
  A 
  summer 
  resi- 
  

   dent, 
  arriving 
  in 
  May, 
  and 
  breeding 
  in 
  the 
  islands. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  found 
  at 
  va- 
  

   rious 
  times 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  islands, 
  though 
  frequenting 
  some 
  more 
  than 
  others. 
  We 
  

   did 
  not 
  see 
  or 
  hear 
  of 
  it 
  at 
  Attu. 
  

  

  Iris 
  of 
  a 
  rich 
  orange 
  color 
  ; 
  edges 
  of 
  eyelid^scarlet. 
  

  

  14. 
  Lobipci 
  hyperboreus, 
  Temra. 
  (520). 
  Northern 
  Phalarope. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  obtained, 
  breeding, 
  at 
  Kyska, 
  June 
  30th, 
  1873. 
  The 
  number 
  

  

  