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All of these birds were either in the typical “song sparrow” cover of a damp 
willow bottom, or among the blackberry vines of a ranch garden.—D, R. Dickwy AND A. 
J. VAN RossemM, Pasadena, California, January 13, 1922. 
Kamchatka Sea Eagle at Kodiak, Alaska.—The accompanying photograph is of 
the Kamchatka Sea Hagle (Thalassoaetus pelagicus), which was taken last summer on 
the island of Kodiak, Alaska, by a party of which I was a member. The capture was 
made August 10, 1921, at the outlet cf a small lake without name, which is tributary 
to the upper end of Karluk Lake. The photograph was taken from the outlet stream, 
looking lengthwise of the smaller lake, which is about two miles long. 
The bird was shot by a native who formed a member of our party, and who fre- 
quently hunts about Karluk Lake. He stated that he had observed this strange eagle 
Vig. 28. KAMCHATKA SEA HAGLE CAPTURED ON KopiaAk ISLAND, ALASKA, 
August 10, 1921. 
on a number of previous occasions and had tried to capture it, and that this was the 
only bird of the kind he had ever seen. Bald Kagles were abundant in this locality. 
My few notes state that the head was not white but was covered with feathers 
variegated much as in the Golden Eagle. The tail and leg feathers were white, as were 
the entire front edges of the wings. The feet and bill were extremely powerful, obvi- 
ously larger than in the Bald Eagle, which we had for comparison. Both bill and feet 
were strikingly bright in color, of a deep golden yellow, which covered also the bare 
portion of the legs. The tail feathers were graduated.—Cuar.tes H. Griieerr, Stanford 
University, California, January 20, 1922. | 
Red Phalarope in Southern California.—At the October meeting of the Southern 
Division of the Cooper Club comment was made on the numbers of Red Phalaropes 
(Phalaropus fulicarius) dying on the beach. Several persons reported the birds also 
inland. On October 25 I saw twelve on a flooded meadow in Los Angeles on South Main 
Street near Manchester Avenue. At Wilmington tide flats, October 22, several flocks of 
twelve or more birds each were closely observed for several hours altogether. During 
the whole day only three or four bodies were found, although one sick bird was picked 
