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woods. A horned owl was heard hooting at this point on the 

 evening of May 5. One was also heard at Mitkof Island on the 

 night of August 10, and at Thomas Bay, August 22, Hasselborg 

 saw a large owl in the woods that was probably of this species. 



Hasselborg afterward sent in a specimen from Douglas Island 

 on December 20. According to the accompanying notes a friend 

 heard his cat squall in the night, and, going out, found the owl 

 attempting to fly away with it. He killed the bird with a stick. 

 This specimen (female, no. 1065) is apparently to be referred 

 to saturatus, as it is quite dark colored, and heavily barred with 

 black underneath. The feet and legs, however, are but very 

 slightly mottled. 



Ceryle alcyon caurina Grinnell. Northwestern Belted 

 Kingfisher. 



Kingfishers were decidedly rare over the whole of the region 

 traversed, and none at all were seen along the western edge of the 

 archipelago, where we spent April and May. At Marten Arm, 

 Boca de Quadra, June 9 to 14, a pair was observed digging in 

 the gravelly bank of a stream, and on the Chickamin River 

 one or two of the birds were seen, but no nest found. At 

 Bradfield Canal a pair of kingfishers probably had a brood of 

 young near by, for they were continually carrying fish up the 

 stream. At Mitkof Island, in August, several were seen along 

 the coast, evidently migrating, as were others observed at 

 Thomas Bay. ^ 



Two specimens were secured, both adult males in freshly 

 acquired winter plumage, no. 9767, Mitkof Island, August 9, 

 and no. 9768, Thomas Bay, August 14. These two birds appear 

 to bear out the characters ascribed by Grinnell (1910, p. 388) 

 to the Alaskan race. 



Dryobates villosus harrisi (Audubon). Harris Woodpecker. 



The hairy woodpeckers of the Sitkan district exhibit a diver- 

 sity of characters that is decidedly puzzling. In general there 

 is a tendency to vary from typical harrisi, shown in a less 

 marked smoky suffusion of the underparts, together with the 

 frequent presence of conspicuously white-spotted lesser wing 



