1910] Grinnell—Birds: Alaska Expedition, 1908. 407 
The Valdez fox sparrow proved to be the most abundant as 
well as the most widely distributed land bird of the region. It 
occurred chiefly in deciduous thickets, but individuals were noted 
everywhere, from the borders of the beach to timber-line. The 
characteristic song was to be heard during all kinds of weather 
and at all hours. 
At Cordova but few were seen; and on Hawkins Island only 
one was noted. But on Hinchinbrook, Montague, and Latouche 
islands the species was superabundant, from the standpoint of 
bird population in this sort of a region. Other places where 
fox sparrows were more or less in evidence were: Green Island; 
Hoodoo, Knight, and Chenega islands; both head and mouth of 
Port Nell Juan; Dise, Eleanor, and Storey islands; at Valdez 
Narrows; and along the Eagle Government Trail near Valdez. 
A series of seventy-one specimens (nos. 1535-1605) was 
obtained, as follows: One from Cordova, one from Hawkins 
Island, sixteen from Hinchinbrook Island, twenty-five from Mon- 
tague Island, five from Green Island, fifteen from Latouche Isl- 
and, two from Knight Island, three from Port Nell Juan, and 
three from Wortman’s, on the Eagle Government Trail. 
Throughout this series I can detect no geographical variation, 
although opposite sides of the Sound are represented, as well 
as the islands separated by the widest channels. The series is 
interlocally uniform in its average of subspecifie characters. 
Thirteen of the specimens are in complete or nearly complete 
winter plumage, of dates from August 7 to September 2. These 
are of value as affording relevant material for comparison with 
early winter birds from the south. There is little doubt but 
that all of the fox sparrows of the region leave for the winter, 
and the present material indicates that this race, as with merw- 
loides and insularis, winters abundantly in interior and southern 
California. Nine of the specimens are juvenals, ranging in date 
from July 12 to 28. The remaining forty-nine specimens are in 
breeding plumage. 
A nest of the Valdez fox sparrow containing three eges was 
obtained by Heller at Zaikof Bay, Montague Island, July 9. 
No record is at hand concerning its location, but the nest is of 
the sort to presuppose its resting on the ground. It is composed 
