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birds. Dixon records seeing birds of this species flying up and 
down Hasselborg River, June 12. Stephens saw one at the mouth 
of the ereek opposite camp at Idaho Inlet in the latter part of 
July. And at Port Frederick, Chichagof Island, the last week 
in July, one stayed around the mouth of the creek there, where, 
as Dixon thought, it was feeding on salmon eggs. 
Nannus hiemalis pacificus (Baird). Western Winter Wren. 
The ten skins of this species brought home by the expedition, 
five from Admiralty Island (Nos. 361-365), two from Baranof 
Island (Nos. 316, 317), one from Chichagof Island (No. 290), 
and two from Thomas Bay (Nos. 274, 275), are typical of 
pacificus as occurring on Puget Sound and the northwest coast 
of California. 
In the vicinity of Windfall and Mole harbors, April 17 to 
June 10, winter wrens were met with, but not commonly. At 
Hawk Inlet, the third of August, one was caught in a mouse- 
trap. A juvenal was taken at Port Frederick, July 28, and 
others seen. Stephens saw two at Rodman Bay, between August 
12 and 20. The same collector records it as rare at Glacier Bay, 
where but two were seen. At Helm Bay several were seen 
September 10 to 17. 
A nest of the western winter wren was found by Stephens at 
Mole Harbor, Admiralty Island, May 19. It was located 214 
feet above the ground, and was embedded in a large mass of moss 
which surrounded a branch of a dead and fallen hemlock. There 
were six eggs in which incubation had scarcely commenced. The 
nest itself was a very unpretentious affair; in addition to the 
moss surrounding it there were only a few twigs, though the 
lining was more profuse, of grouse feathers and fur of some sort. 
Certhia americana montana Ridgeway. 
Rocky Mountain Creeper. 
The single example (No. 355) from Glacier Bay, is an adult 
male, taken by Stephens July 4, and is somewhat worn. Be- 
cause of the broadness of the dorsal white streaking and general 
paleness, I refer it to montana, though it is small for that form. 
It is certainly not occidentalis, with skins of which from Sitka 
