1909] The 1907 Alexander Alaska Expedition. 183 
Gavia pacifica (Lawrence). Pacific Loon. 
No examples of this species were secured; but Littlejohn’s 
notebook records it without question as far outnumbering all 
the other species of the genus combined, in the waters of Wind- 
fall and Mole harbors, Admiralty Island. For two weeks begin- 
ning May 5 the loud, siren-like notes of the Pacific loon were 
almost continually to be heard. Later their numbers decreased, 
but a few remained in pairs, and may have nested. As no speci- 
mens were procured, Gavia arctica may have also been repre- 
sented among those seen. 
Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan). Red-throated Loon. 
Mr. Littlejohn records that the first red-throated loon for the 
season was seen at Windfall Harbor, Admiralty Island, May 1; 
only a few were seen there subsequently. On the chain of lakes 
back of Mole Harbor a pair or two were seen or heard; and at 
Glacier Bay several were noted, and a nest found by Stephens on 
July 16. This was in the rank grass at the edge of a pond a few 
yards back from the shore of one of the small islands on the east 
side of the bay. The parent was seen to swim away from the 
nesting place, and by her peculiar actions indicated its proximity. 
There were two eggs on the point of hatching. Instead of the 
usual floating structure, the eggs in this case rested on the bare, 
wet mud, two feet back from the water’s edge, there being no 
nesting material whatever. Stephens records seeing two red- 
throated loons in winter plumage at Bear Bay, Baranof Island, 
the last week of August. 
Lunda cirrhata Pallas. Tufted Puffin. 
Six skins of this species were obtained, four adult females 
(Nos. 55-58), and two young in natal down (Nos. 59, 60). These 
were all secured in Glacier Bay, where the species was found 
nesting rather commonly on several of the small islands of the 
Beardslee group. The burrows were dug near the top of sand 
and gravel bluffs and ran back some four feet beneath the over- 
hanging sod. The nest cavity was about two and one-half feet 
below the surface of the ground, and its floor was strewn with 
