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Bubo virginianus, subsp.? Hornfed Owl 

 Horned owls occur throughout the country we were visiting, but 

 apparently not in abundance, at least during the summer months. "We 

 were told of their presence at Telegraph. Creek, but we saw none, nor 

 did we hear any hooting. At Doeh-da-on Creek we were shown the 

 desiccated remains of one that had been killed the previous winter. 

 On Sergief Island, August 31, I found a horned owl's feather in the 

 marsh, far from the timber. At the latter point, the subspecies present 

 is doubtless Bubo v. saturatus; I had no means of ascertaining the 

 subspecific identity of the horned owl of the upper Stikine River. 



Glaucidium gnoma, subsp. ? Pigmy Owl 

 One seen at Doch-da-on Creek on July 14, sitting on a dead tree in 

 a clearing. I had a good enough view of the bird to be certain of its 

 specific identity, but it was too wary to permit a near approach. On 

 July 22 one was heard calling at about the same place. 



There is available a specimen of Glaucidium (no. 41193), a mounted 

 bird, taken at "Wrangell, Alaska, date of capture and sex unknown. 

 This bird is not an example of the extremely dark colored Glaucidium 

 gnoma swarthi of Vancouver Island, a coastal form that might be sup- 

 posed to range northward into Alaska. It is closely similar to a speci- 

 men of G. g. grinnelli from Humboldt Bay, California (no. 24851), 

 an individual that is not of the rufescent coloration usually seen in 

 this subspecies, but of a decidedly duller brown. 



The available information, apanty as it is, indicates the occurrence 

 of Glaucidium in the upper Stikine Valley and on the Alaska coast at 

 the mouth of the same river. There is little doubt that it ranges 

 through the territory intervening between those two points. Whether 

 or not two subspecies are represented in the two regions on either side 

 of the coastal mountains is something that can be determined only by 

 the capture of specimens. 



Ceryle alcyon caurina Grinnell. Western Belted Kingfisher 

 Kingfishers were unaccountably scarce. The region might be sup- 

 posed to be a favorable one for the species, but it was encountered on 

 just two occasions: one bird seen at Doch-da-on Creek, July 17, and 

 another at Flood Glacier, July 28. 



