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  PROCEEDINaS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  21. 
  PhUade 
  canagica, 
  Ban. 
  (573). 
  Emperor 
  Goose. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  — 
  rarely 
  found 
  in 
  winter 
  near 
  Unalashka, 
  and 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  to 
  the 
  

   westward 
  — 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  Thompson 
  to 
  con^egate 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  on 
  the 
  low, 
  

   marshy 
  island 
  of 
  Sannakh, 
  during 
  the 
  entire 
  winter. 
  To 
  these 
  birds 
  he 
  and 
  his 
  

   companion 
  owe 
  their 
  preservation 
  during 
  an 
  attack 
  of 
  the 
  scurvy, 
  which 
  nearly 
  

   proved 
  fatal 
  to 
  them 
  both. 
  They 
  migrate 
  northward 
  in 
  May. 
  

  

  22. 
  Nettion 
  carolinensis, 
  Bd. 
  (579). 
  Green-winged 
  Teal. 
  

  

  A 
  resident 
  throughout 
  the 
  islands 
  as 
  far 
  west 
  as 
  Kyska 
  ; 
  casual, 
  in 
  summer, 
  

   at 
  Attn. 
  This 
  species 
  was 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  upon 
  which 
  we 
  principally 
  

   relied 
  for 
  supplying 
  our 
  table 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  work 
  amongst 
  the 
  islands. 
  

   Young 
  ones 
  were 
  abundant 
  at 
  Amchitka, 
  in 
  July. 
  

  

  23. 
  Harelda 
  gladalis, 
  Leach. 
  (587). 
  Old 
  Squaw. 
  

  

  A 
  resident 
  as 
  far 
  west 
  as 
  Kyska, 
  not 
  seen 
  or 
  heard 
  of 
  at 
  Attu. 
  Individuals 
  

   are 
  less 
  plentiful 
  as 
  we 
  go 
  west 
  from 
  Unalashka, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  nowhere 
  very 
  

   abundant. 
  

  

  24. 
  Polysticta 
  Stelleri, 
  Eyton. 
  (298). 
  Steller's 
  Eider. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  Thompson 
  as 
  wintering 
  abundantly 
  at 
  Sannakh 
  

   Island. 
  As 
  an 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  irregularities 
  which 
  obtain 
  in 
  the 
  range 
  of 
  

   migration 
  of 
  birds 
  in 
  different 
  seasons, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned, 
  that 
  while 
  in 
  May, 
  

   1872, 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  very 
  abundant 
  at 
  Unalashka, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  next 
  

   species, 
  yet 
  in 
  May, 
  1873, 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  one 
  of 
  either 
  was 
  observed, 
  though 
  the 
  

   season 
  was 
  later 
  by 
  a 
  month 
  than 
  the 
  previous 
  one, 
  and 
  the 
  birds 
  in 
  question 
  

   winter 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  at 
  Unalashka. 
  

  

  25. 
  Somateria 
  v-nigra, 
  Gray. 
  (607). 
  Pacific 
  Eider. 
  

  

  Apparently 
  a 
  resident 
  in 
  the 
  islands. 
  Wintering 
  abundantly 
  at 
  Unalashka, 
  

   it 
  seems 
  to 
  seek 
  its 
  breeding-grounds 
  in 
  those 
  islands 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  which 
  are 
  

   not 
  inhabited. 
  At 
  least, 
  it 
  seems 
  quite 
  certain 
  that 
  the 
  large 
  flocks 
  which 
  

   winter 
  in 
  Captain's 
  Bay 
  do 
  not 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  ; 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  

   most 
  common 
  duck 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  islands 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  

  

  26. 
  Mergus 
  serrator, 
  Lin. 
  (612). 
  Saw-bill. 
  Water-hen. 
  

  

  Obtained 
  at 
  Amchitka, 
  the 
  only 
  locality 
  in 
  the 
  islands 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  yet 
  been 
  

   observed, 
  and 
  rare 
  there 
  — 
  apparently 
  breeding. 
  A 
  summer 
  visitor. 
  

  

  27. 
  Gracuhisbicristahis, 
  Fa]]as. 
  (621^). 
  Shag. 
  

  

  Resident 
  in 
  the 
  Aleutian 
  and 
  Pribylofif 
  Islands. 
  The 
  following 
  notes 
  were 
  

   made 
  from 
  two 
  fresh 
  Bpecimens 
  killed 
  at 
  Amchitka, 
  July 
  27th, 
  1873. 
  

  

  No. 
  1. 
  (290.) 
  p 
  Iris 
  pale 
  olive 
  brown 
  ; 
  base 
  of 
  mandibles 
  and 
  culmen 
  

   bright 
  blue, 
  remainder 
  of 
  naked 
  space 
  scarlet. 
  Two 
  pronounced 
  tufts 
  on 
  the 
  

   head. 
  

  

  