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THE FUR SEALt^ OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



blackest breasted specimen is a female. A glance at the measurements will show 

 that the female is rather the largest and always has a longer bill. 



Catalogue No. 



Sex. 



Date. 



CoUootor. 



Locality. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Cul- 

 men. 



Tarsus. 



118759 



cTatl.. 

 cf ad., 

 cyad.. 

 cf ad.. 

 cCad.. 



June 5,1890 

 June 5,1890 

 July 12,1890 

 Julv 30,1890 

 Aug. 5,1890 



W. P... 

 W. P... 

 W. P... 

 AV. P... 

 AV.P... 



St. I'aul . . 

 St. Paul . . 

 St. Paul.. 

 St. Paul.. 

 St. Paul.. 



5.28 

 4.9U 

 5.00 

 4.90 

 4.90 



2.40 

 2. 20 

 2.38 



""'2.35' 



1.32 

 1.19 

 1.14 

 1.19 

 1.22 



0.98 

 .96 

 .96 

 .99 

 .96 



118760 



118764 



118769 



118770 



Average 



4.99 



5.20 

 5.20 

 5.38 

 5.04 

 4.92 



2.33 



2.48 

 2.54 

 2.54 

 2.31 

 2.39 



1.21 



1.40 

 1.43 

 1.38 

 1.38 

 1.36 



.97 



^00 



1.02 



1.00 



.94 



.97 



118771 



9 ad . . 

 ? ad.. 

 $ ad.. 

 ? ad.. 

 9 ad.. 



June 5,1890 

 June 7,1890 

 July 5,1890 

 July .5,1890 

 July 12,1890 



Vf.V ... 

 AV.P... 

 AV . P . . . 

 AV. P . . . 

 AV.P... 



St. Paul .. 

 St. Paul .. 

 St. I'aul.. 

 St. I'aul . - 

 St. Paul.. 



118786 



118781 



118782 



318787 



Average . 

 64249, Type .... 



5.14 

 5.10 



2.44 

 2.25 



1.39 

 1.12 



.99 



.90 



9 ?ad 



July 22,1873 



H.W.E. 



St. George 



The eggs have rarely been collected. They Avere described by Dr. Coues in 

 Elliott's reports for 1873 and 1875, and the specimens — a set of four — are in the collec- 

 tion of the National Museum, No. 107(57, June 19, 1873, St. George Island, 11. W. 

 Elliott and George K. Adams. "The ground is nearly clay color, but with an appre- 

 ciable olivaceous shade. The markings are large, bold, and numerous, of rich burnt- 

 umber brown of varying depth, according to the quantity of the pigment. These 

 surface markings occur all over the shell, except the extreme point, and are solidly 

 massed by couHuence on the larger half of the egg. All the markings are strong, as if 

 laid on freely with a heavily charged brush. With these surface spots occur numerous 

 shell markings of the same character, but of course obscure, presenting a stone-gray 

 or purplish-gray shade. Some of them look as if the color of the surface spots had 

 'run' and soaiicd into the olivaceous drab of the general surface." — {Cones.) These 

 eggs measure 1.55 by 1.08, 1.5-! by 1.05, 1.50 by 1.08, 1.48 by 1.05. Another set of four 

 Avas taken on St. Paul, July G, 1805, by Messrs. True and Prentiss, and are now in the 

 National Museum collection. Stomach contents: "The Pribilof saiidi)ipers liad taken 

 predaceous beetles ( Carahidac), but had also caught parasitic Avasps aud a fly." — <S'. 1). J. 



44. Tiinga maculata 'N'ieill. Pectoral Sandpiper. 



A[clodroiiiiis] maculata, Coi'E.s, Key, 1892, (i26. 



Heteropy//ia maculata, SiiAUi'H, Cat. 15. Br. Mus. XXIV, 1896, 562. 



rrinr/(i maculata, A. O. U. Cli. List, 1895, 88.— Kidowav, Mau. 1890, 156. 



Directly east of the village of St. Paul and but a few yards from it lies a shallow 

 and irregular i)oiid, a favorite resting and feeding i)lace for migrating birds. I 

 generally made an early morning visit to this pond, and Avas fieiiuently rewarded 

 Avith desirable specimens. The morning of June 1-5 I Avas esiiecially fortunate, 

 obtaining three species Avhich 1 did not see at other times, two being new to the 

 islands. On a little grassy islet I flushed and secured two females of this species, in 

 company Avith a seinipalniated sandpiper. There are few instances of tbe capture of 

 this species in the Pacific, though according to Nelson and Murdock it is abundant 

 from the mouth of the Yukon to Point IJarrow. Nos. 118833, 118834, 9 9 , June 12, 

 1890, St. Paul, W. P. Length, 8.25; extent, 10.55; wing, 5.10; tail, 2.22; tarsus, 1.10; 

 culmen, 1.15. Stomach contents, two specimens: "These birds had eaten predaceous 

 beetles {Carahidac) aud pupae." — iS. D. J. 



