°8g8 J Grinnkli., Siiiiuihr Birds oj Sitka. \i'l 



taken July 6. Soon afterwards common on tlic santlliars al Indian Kiver. 



28. Heteractitis incanus. Wandering Taitlkr. — A pair taken on 

 an exposed rockj- islet 28 miles south of Sitka on August 4, and two 

 others seen. 



29. Charadrius dominicus. — American Golden Plovkr. An imma- 

 ture male, taken bj Prof. Ilindshaw on August 16, was the only one 

 observed. 



30. .ffigialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. — Common after 

 July 25, in company with Ereunetes occide7italis, on the sand-ljar at 

 Indian River. 



31. Aphriza virgata. Surf Bird. — Sixteen taken from a flock on a 

 rocky islet on July 21. These were all apparently immature birds, that 

 is, non-breeders of the second year. 



32. Arenaria melanocephala. Black Turnstone. — Several taken 

 July 21, and a few others noted occasionally afterwards on the bar at 

 Indian River. Single individuals were quite frequentlv flushed from the 

 rocky reefs at low tide. The specimens obtained are in slightly woin 

 adult plumage. 



33. Haematopus bachmani. Black Oyster-catcher. — Companies 

 of from three to a dozen or more were common on all the exposed reefs 

 and rocks. Broken egg-shells were found in a depression among the 

 pebbles on an islet on June 16. 



34. Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Noted on several occa- 

 sions on the wooded mountain sides. Noisy young were following their 

 parents on August 5. 



35. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper's Hawk. — Several seen during the 

 second and third weeks of August. A badly decomposed specimen, the 

 wings and feet of which are saved, was found on the beach August 20. 



36. Accipiter atricapillus striatulus. Western Goshawk. — Mr. 

 Frobese shot an immature male on August 5, and others were seen after 

 that date. 



37. Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascesis. Alaskan Bald Eagle. — 

 Common along the coasts throughout the Sitkan District. The nests 

 were to be seen built in tall fir-trees on nearly everj- promontory. The 

 young had not left their nests on August 5. 



38. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — Tolerably common along 

 the coasts after its first appearance, July 28. 



39. Dryobates villosus harrisii. Harris's Woodpecker. — A few seen 

 in the scattering timber in the immediate vicinity of Sitka, where thev 

 doubtless breed. The only specimen secured was an adult male, on July 4. 



40. Colaptes cafer saturatior. Northwestern Flicker. — Noted 

 occasionally about Sitka in the dense forest a mile or more back from 

 the beach. I was informed that both this form and Colaptes auratiis 

 became quite numerous in the fall. The fancy dance costumes of the 

 Indians were often ornamented with the tail-feathers and wings of bolh 

 species. 



