Nov., 1900] BIRDS OF THE KOTZEBUE SOUND REGION. 77 



104. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). Belted Kingfisher. 



Kowak River (Tovvnsend, McLenegan Grinnell); moderately common. Noa- 

 tak River, rare (McLenegan). 



105. Dryobates pubescens nelsoni Oberholser. Nelson's Downy Wood- 

 pecker. 



Found at times in alders about Kotzebue Sound (Nelson). Kowak River, 300 

 miles above mouth; very rare (McLenegan). 



106. Picoides americanus alascensis (Nels.). Alaskan Three-toed 

 Woodpecker. 



Kowak Valley, moderately common (Grinnell). 



107. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. Northern Flicker. 



Reported by natives as not rare on Kotzebue Sound (Nelson). One seen on 

 upper Kowak (McLenegan). 



T08. Pica pica hudsonica (Sab.). American Magpie. 



Only recorded by McLenegan, who secured a specimen on "Hotham Inlet or 

 Kowak River." 



109. Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons Ridgw. Alaskan Jay. 

 Strays to shores of Kotzebue Sound (Nelson). Noatak River (McLenegan). 

 Kowak Valley (Townsend, McLenegan, Grinnell); common. 



no. CorvUS COrax principalis Ridgw. Northern Raven. 

 Common throughout the Kotzebue region (Harting, Bean, Townsend, McLene- 

 gan, Grinnell). 



111. Nucifraga Columbiana (Wils.). Clarke's Nutcracker. 



Putnam (=Kowak) River (Ridgway). This record is based on a specimen 

 taken by Lieut. Stoney. I am informed that it is in the National Museum, but 

 there is no date on the label. 



112. Scolecophagus carolinus (Mull.). Rusty Blackbird. 



Kowak Valley from Hotham Inlet eastward (Nelson, Townsend, McLenegan, 

 Grinnell). Noatak River (McLenegan). 



113. Pinicola enucleator alascensis Ridgw. Alaskan Pine Grosbeak. 

 Kowak Valley; very conunon (Grinnell). 



114. I^oxia leucoptera Gmel. White-winged Crossbill. 



Rare straggler on coast of Kotzebue Sound (Nelson). Kowak Valley, com- 

 mon (Grinnell). 



115. Acanthis hornemannii exilipes (Coues). Hoary Redpoll. 

 Abundant throughout the Kotzebue region (Bean, Nelson, McLenegan, Grin- 

 nell). 



116. Acanthis linaria (Linn.). Redpoll. 



Common, chiefly coastwise (Bean, Nelson, McLenegan, Grinnell). 



117. Acanthis linaria holboellii (Brehm). Holbcrll's Redpoll. 



Upper Kowak, two specimens, July 15 (Townsend). Kowak Valley, one 

 specimen (Grinnell). 



