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laska; excl. syn. part). — Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 1882, 146 (Iliuliuk 

 and Chernofski, Unalaska). — ^Nelson, Cruise of "Corwin" in 1881 (1883), 

 61 (St. George I.; Unalaska; habits). — American Oknithologists' Union 

 Committee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 125, part. — Palmek (W.), Avifauna Pribilof Is., 

 1899, 421 (St. George I.; habits; descr. nest and eggs). 



Anorthura troglodytes var. alascensis Codes, in Elliott's Affairs in Alaska, 1875, 173. 



Anorthura troglodytes . . . var. alascensis CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 50o. 



[Anorthura troglodytes var. hyemalisl c. atascensis Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 

 33, part (synonymy). 



Alnorthura} t[roglodytes'\ alascensis Cohes, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 

 279, part. 



Troglodytes hyemalis var. alascensis DALL,Proc. Calif. Ac. Sci., v, Apr., 1873, 26, 

 (Amaknak I.; Unalaska I.; habits); v, 1874, 273, part (Prybilof Islands). 



\_Trbglodytes hyemalis'] var. alascensis Baibd, Brewer, and Ridgway,. Hist. N. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1874, 149. 



Troglodytes parvulus, var. alascensis Baied, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 157, part.— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii, 1877, 82 (St. 

 George I. ; descr. nest and eggs) . 



Troglodytes parvulus alascensis Goode, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 20, 1883, 347. 



Olbiorchilus alascensis Oberholser, Auk, xix, Apr., 1902, 178. — American Orni- 

 thologists' Union Committee, Auk, xix, 1902, 330. 



OLBIORCHILUS MELIGERUS Oberholser. 



ATTTT WKEN. 



Similar to 0. alascensis, but larger, and coloration much duller; 

 brown of upper parts much duller and grayer, the pileum grayish 

 sepia or dark hair brown, the rump, lower back, and posterior scapu- 

 lars indistinctly barred with dusky; color of throat, chest, etc., pale 

 isabella color, and posterior under parts more heavily barred and 

 speckled with dusky, the markings darker than in 0. alascensis. 



Adult male. — Length (skins), 112-118 (115); wing, 53-55 (64); tail, 

 31-35 (84); exposed culmen, 15; tarsus, 20; middle toe, 15." 



Adult yemale. — Length (skin), 113; wing, 51; tail, 32; exposed 

 culmen, 15; tarsus, 20; middle toe, 15.* 



Islands of Attu, Amchitka, Atka, and Kiska, western end of Aleu- 

 tian chain. 



Troglodytes hyemalis Ya,r. alascensis (not Troglodytes alascensis Baird) Dall, Proc. 

 Calif. Ac. Sci., v, 1874, 273, part (Attu and Amchitka islands, western 

 Aleutians). 



Trolodytes parvulus, var. alascensis Baibd, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 157, part. 



Troglodytes alascensis Stejneger, Zeitschr. ges. Orn., i, 1884, 11, part. — Turner, 

 Auk, ii, 1885, 157 (Nearer Islands, Aleutian chain, resident). — American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 723, part. 



Tlroglodytesl alascensis Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 555, part. 



Anorthura alascensis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 170, 215, part; 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 66, part.— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vi, 

 1881, 273, part (in synonymy). — American Ornithologists' Union Com- 

 mittee, Auk, xvi, 1899, 125, part. 



« Four specimens. s One specimen. 



