234 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 217 



In the southern continuity of their range from Alaska to Mackenzie 

 the common and hoary redpolls seem to differ. 



Loxia leucoptera leucoptera Gmelin 



testes 4x4, 8x8 mm. 



2 males 



Apr. 8 and 18 



weight, 22.5, 28.0 g. 



fat (1); medium 

 ^ fat(l) 



1 female 



Apr. 18 



weight, 24.6 g. 



medium fat 



On April 8 a loosely associated flock of twelve crossbills included 

 some which remained associated as pairs while they were feeding 

 among the black spruce near its upper limit. The testes of the male 

 specimen were then 4 mm. in length. On April 18 a pair was collected 

 in the black spruce at about 1,200 feet, the male having well developed 

 testes, but the eggs in the female were little enlarged. Occasional 

 small flocks were seen in April and pairs were found thereafter, 

 always in the spruce. The Indians speak of crossbills, which they 

 name Tisinkee, as birds resident throughout the year. 



Passerculus sandwichensis anthinus Bonaparte 



1 male May 21 weight 18.4 g. very little fat testes 5x9, 7x8 mm. 



Accustomed to the commonness of Savannah sparrows in much of 

 northern Alaska, we looked carefully for them at Old Crow, but 

 only about four were noticed, too few to allow us to seek information 

 about them from the Indians there. The areas searched did not have 

 much of the grassy marshland where these sparrows are so familiar 

 in northern Alaska. Porsild (1943) remarked that in some years 

 they were common, in others rare in the Mackenzie Delta. 





Junco 



> hyemalis hyemalis 



(Linnaeus) 











Males 









Females 





Date 



Weight 

 (s.) 



Fat 



Testes 

 (mm.) 



Weight 



Fat 



Eggs 

 (mm.) 



May 15 

 May 16 

 June 10 

 June 17 

 June 28 

 June 1 



19.4 

 20.3 



VF 

 LF 



1x125, 0.5x0.75 

 6.5x8.5, 





18.0 

 20.0 

 19.4 



F 

 LF 



NF 



0.5-1 



12 



2 



(») 



I Brood patch. 

 ' 5 fresh eggs. 















Two juncos were seen on May 15 and on the next day a few were 

 heard singing. Thereafter they were often heard singing and were 

 seen occasionally. Most often they were in the rather open mixtures 

 of spruce and deciduous trees or brush. 



On June 1 a nest with five fresh eggs was found by Sidney Peyton. 

 The first of these must have been laid about May 25, ten days after 

 the earliest junco was seen. A female specimen on June 10 had a 

 brood patch. 



The Indian name of this bird is Tchikikeekeejay. 



