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voluminous notes and records which he left, appears to have been 

 indefatigable in his field work and marvelouslj painstaking in 

 recording Ins observations. His notes, typewritten up to noon of 

 the very day of Ins death, record a v ast number of new and impor- 

 tant observations on the fur seals and blue foxes. rhey also teem 

 with records o( interesting observations on the birds and other 

 animals of the islands 



Mr Millard C Marsh, pathologist of the Bureau o( Fisheries, 

 was appointed to the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Halm. 

 He reached St. Paul [stand, August 23, 1911, and took up and 

 continued with commendable industry and intelligence the work 

 so abb begun l\\ his predecessor. 



Vmong the observations that are of special interest to the readers 

 of ' The Auk ' are those relating to birds. 



In this communication I desire to record the species which their 

 observations have thus far added to the Pribilof Islands and to the 

 a\ ifauna of North America. 



In Palmer's 'Avifauna of the Pribilof Islands/ 1 69 species of 

 birds are recorded. To these, one species, the Northern Flicker, 

 atus lutru.t. has since been added by assistant fur-seal 

 agent James Judge, and recorded by Mr. Austin 11. Clark. 1 



Do this number 1 am now able to add is species, four of which 



arc new to North America All the specimens mentioned are now 

 in the Tinted Slates National Mnsenm. 



For assistance in verifying the identifications of these specimens 



I am under obligations to Mr. Harry C Oberholser of the Bureau 

 oi Biological Sur\ ej 



1 Khodestothia rosea , ■ ' ] boss's livu . A lino 



I pie in adult plutuace was shot en one of the small freshwater lake- of 



S v Island, May 25, 1911, by one of the natives rhe specimen 



W - preserved b\ \ss-,s:an: Aivn. V H aided it to the 



bureau of I 



This s lined in Alaska b\ \ 1879. 



•hen it has been tvoorded by Muido 



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