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Since the publication of that note several other specimens from Wrangell Island have 
been examined and they all seem to be referable to the form grinnell (californicum ot 
A. O. U. List). H. S. Swarth writes me that the same conclusion has been reached in 
regard to a specimen from Wrangell now in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoolcgy. This 
bird seems to be far more plentiful near Wrangell than in any other part of the region. 
Two were taken and three others seen during the winter of 1920-21. Gray states that 
he has about thirty records for the species during his residence there. 
Ceryle alcyon caurina. Western Belted Kingfisher. Winters in small numbers, 
though less plentiful at this season than in summer. During the winter of 1920-21, at 
Wrangell, birds were seen on following dates. December 7, 20 (two), January 4, Feb- 
ruary 10. Several were seen April 14 and the species was common April 20. 
Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. One shot, but lost in dense brush, at 
Craig October 21, 1919; one seen at close range at Wrangell October 11, 1920. Gray 
states that he has twice taken this bird at Wrangell. 
Chordeiles virginianus (subsp. ?). Nighthawk. On the evening of September 
11, 1920, and again the following evening, a nighthawk was seen at Wrangell by the 
writer’s son, G. Willett, Jr. Gray has three sight records for Wrangell, all in Septem- 
ber. 
Stellula calliope. Calliope Hummingbird. According to Gray, quite common at 
Wrangell in spring and fall during some years; other years apparently absent. 
Nuttallornis borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. One of these birds examined at 
close range at Craig May 18, 1921. 
Euphagus carolinus. Rusty Blackbird. Two taken at Wrangell October 10 and 
one seen November 30, 1920. One seen January 2, 1921, and another January 4, fol- 
lowing. 
Loxia curvirostra sitkensis. Sitka Crossbill. During seven summers and one 
winter spent by the writer in southeastern Alaska previous to 1920 there was no time 
when this bird was not in evidence and in most localities it was very common. From 
observations covering this period it developed that the young were raised in both 
spring and fall, though whether the same birds nested twice each year was not determ- 
ined. In late August, 1919, vicinity of Craig, birds were paired and males singing. Fully 
fledged young were plentiful in late September and early October. Again in late 
March and early April, 1920, many birds were paired and evidently nesting. A pair of 
breeding birds was taken April 1 and another pair, also breeding birds, April 2. On 
April 27 a pair of adults were seen feeding full-grown young on the ground. Since 
early summer of 1920, though the writer has covered hundreds of miles of territory, 
not a single crossbill has been met with, and they are apparently absent from the region 
at present writing. The species is known to be very irregular in its habits, but that it 
should desert such a large section of territory in which it is normally abundant and 
should remain absent for such an extended period seems worthy of record. 
Lanius borealis. Northern Shrike. Occurred at Wrangell in small numbers 
throughout the winter of 1920-21. First seen October 12; noted every few days from 
December 5 to March 5; specimen taken December 7 and another March 5. 
Bombycilla cedrorum. Cedar Waxwing. Gray found a nest containing two young 
and two addled eggs in an apple tree in Wrangell in June, 1906. Four birds were seen 
in the same locality in June 1907. The Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrula) is 
irregularly abundant, generally during winter months, but the above are the only rec- 
ords Gray has for cedrorum in more than twenty years observation. 
Myadestes townsendi. Townsend Solitaire. Gray reports three specimens taken 
at Wrangell in spring. One of these was given to Ernest P. Walker, now of the U. S. 
Biological Survey. 
Craig, Alaska, May 24, 1921. 
