°g g J Grinnkll, Siiniiiicr /iirds of S//Ati. j 2Q 



I)icil in llic grassy margins of the poiul liack of Sitka. A juvenile alxnil 

 one tliiid gi-ovvn was taken on June 25. It was iiidden in the matted 

 grass, and was discovered by following the call-note, which was a ven- 

 triloquial, insect-like chirp, hard to locate. A single adult bird was 

 secured, a female, on June 25. In a letter to Mr. Palmer, Mr. William 

 Brewster writes concerning this specimen : — 



"Your Lincoln's Sparrow from Sitka, Alaska, agrees closely with mv 

 types of M. c. striata in respect to the streaking of the upper parts, hut 

 it is less olivaceous and the butfy is less rich and deep. Making due 

 allowance for seasonal and individual variation, I should think it not 

 improbable that it may represent the breeding plumage of striata, but it 

 would be of course unsafe to assume this positively on the strength 

 of a single specimen." 



50. Passerella iliaca unalaschcensis. Townsend's Sparrow. — Com- 

 mon in tall grass on St. Lazaria Island, where half -fledged voung were 

 observed on June 16. The song of this Sparrow is verj^ musical, being 

 loud and full like that of a Grosbeak, and j^et with the intonation of a 

 Song Sparrow. 



51. Chelidon erythrogastra. Barn Swallow. — Breeding abundantly 

 about town under the eaves of buildings; a few pairs found nesting on 

 cliffs on the islands out in the bay. 



52. Tachycineta bicolor. Tree Swallow. — Breeding commonly in 

 old woodpecker holes in the tall dead firs at the foot of the mountains 

 back of Sitka. Full-grown young with their parents appeared along the 

 beaches by July 15. Soon after, they gathered in small flocks and were 

 not seen after August i, having evidently migrated. 



53. Helminthophila celata lutescens. Lutescent Warbler. — Tol- 

 erably common about clearings, and in the low growths of firs which 

 border the beaches at the mouths of the streams. The males were in full 

 song until the last, of July. Full grown young observed on August 17. 



54. Dendroica aestiva rubiginosa. Alaskan Yellow Warbler. — A 

 single adult male taken June 23, and a few others heard previously in 

 the dense firs along Indian River. 



55. Dendroica townsendi. Townsend's Warbler. A single adult 

 female taken August 14, and two others seen at the same time. They 

 were in company with a flock of Chickadees and were rapidly hunting 

 insects towards the extremities of fir boughs. Thej' -were probablv 

 migrants. 



56. Sylvania pusilla pileolata. Pileolated Warbler. — An adult 

 male was taken on August i8, and several others, including juveniles, 

 seen on August 21. They were in low brush along the shores of a 

 secluded bay where they had probably bred. 



57. Anthus pensilvanicus. American Pipit. A pair seen on a grassy 

 tideflat beyond Indian River on June 10, and the female secured. From 

 the condition of the ovaries, I judged that it Avould have laid eggs within 

 a week. 



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