100 CRUISE OF THE STEAMER CORWIN. 



Tiiiiga maculata T7e///. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



Two specimens; Schismareff Inlet, August 28; Port Clarence, June 28. 



Tringa damacensis (Horsf.). Long-toed Stint. 



By tlie capture of this A.siatic ])ir(l on Otter Island, Alaska, whci-e T shot an aihilt female, 

 in lirocding jjluniage, on June .s, is,s."), a species is added t(j the fauna of Nortli America. It 

 was feeding in a shallow salt-water ]>ond, with other Tringte. wliich 1 supposed to be Aiit>- 

 (IroiiKt.s. In his Ornithology of Kanitschatka Mr. Stejneger writes as follows of this species: 

 '■ Tlie Long-toed Stint arrives at Bering Island in large tloi'ks during tiu- latter part of May, and 

 is tlien met with on sandy beaches, where the surf has tlirown up large masses of sea-weed, 

 busily engaged in picking up the numerous small crustaceans, &c., with which the weeds 

 abound. Most of the birds stay only a few days, going further north, while a small number 

 remain over siimmer, breeding sparingly on the large swamp behind the village. My efforts 

 to find the nests were unsticcessful, but I shot birds near Zapornaja Reschka on the 17th and 

 22d of June and on the 7th of August." 



Tringa alpina pacifica (Ciiucs-). Red-backed SANDPIPER. 



Two specimens: Port Clarence, June 38; Hall's Island, September 8. 



Limosa lapponica baueri (Xuinii.). Pacific CJodwit. 

 One specimen: Port Clarence, August 29. 



Heteractitis incauus (Ginel.). Wandering Tatler. 

 One sjH'cimen; Otter Island, June 8. 



Cbaradrius dominicus fulvus (Gmel.). Pacific Golden Plover. 



Two specimens; Port Clarence, June 28-August 29. Abundant. 



Arenaria interpres (Linn.). Tcrnstune. 



One specimen; Port Clarence, June 28. 



Lagopus rupestris nelsoni Stejn. Nelson's Ptarmigan. 



I hail excellent s2)t)rt sin >< )ting these birds on Hog Island, at the entrance of Captain's Harbor. 

 Eleven six'cimens; (^nnaJaska, May 28. 



Haliseetus leucocephalua {Linn.). Bald Eagle. 



Yery common about the rocky bluffs of Ounalaska Island. 



Corvus corax sinuatua (Wag!.). American Raven. 

 Two specimens; Ounalaska, Octoljer 23. 



Leucosticte griseonucha (Brandt). Aleutian Rosy Finch. 

 Common on the Pribyloff and Aleutian Islands. 

 Twelve specimens; Ounalaska, October 23; Otter Island, June 8. 



Acauthis horuemanuii exilipes (C'ouen). Hoary Redpoll. 

 One specimen; Port Clarence, June 28. Common. 



Plectrophenax nivalis {Linn.). Snowflake. 

 Priliyloffs. Common. 

 Five specimens; Otter Island, June 8. 



Plectrophenax hyperboreus Eidgu: McKay's Snowflake. 



While the Corwin was anchored off Hall's Island, on September 8, 1 obtained two specimens 

 of this species, which was comparatively numerous there, flying in pairs over the sphagnum- 

 covered hill-slopes or gathering in small numbers in the ravines near the sea-shore. The breed- 

 ing-i)lace of this species, which was described in 1884 from specimens taken at Nushagak, 

 Alaska, by Mr, Charles McKay, and at St. Michael's, by Mr. Nelson, has remained a mystery 



