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cies. Many others might have been secured but birds were 

 considered of secondary importance to the mammals. The 

 collection contains sixty-eight species and subspecies repre- 

 sented by 302 specimens. 



Gavia imber ? Loon. 



Occasionally observed about Coal Bay (a northern arm of 

 Chugachik Bay) but no specimens were secured. The 

 remains of one was found near Homer, which left no doubt 

 as to identification. 



Gavia lumme. Red-theoated Loon. 



Immature specimens were secured during August. It is 

 resident throughout the year at Homer and was usually seen 

 about the shallows of Coal Bay feeding in company with 

 cormorants. 



Brachyramphus marmoratus. Maebled Mueeelet. 



Birds were usuall}' seen just off the point of Homer 

 spit during a change of tide, when it was next to impossible 

 to manage a boat m the swift current. They were seldom 

 seen between tides and no doubt came to the point mentioned 

 for the purpose of feeding. Said to breed on Kadiak Island. 



Uria troile calif ornica. Califoenia Mueee. 



An extremely common resident breeding on the innermost 

 islands, on the south side of Chugachik Bay. Young were 

 observed during the latter part of August. 



Stercorarius parasiticus. Paeasitic J.egee. 



Rissa tridactyla poUicaris. Pacific Kittiwake. 



This gull is by far the most numerous member of the fam- 

 ily found on the Pacific coast of Alaska. It was very abun- 

 dant and breeds at all suitable points. 



