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Song sparrow (Melospiza melodid). VRv. 



Song sparrows were seen on Round Island by T. J. Eley (unpublished) 

 where he recorded two on 17 July and one on 21 July 1974. One bird 

 was "larger and darker than the other two birds and was reminiscent of 

 song sparrows on the Aleutian Islands. " M. J. Fry (unpublished) reported 

 a few song sparrows at Kagati Lake on 20 July 1962. 



Lincoln's sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii). Rsr? 



Lincoln's sparrows were identified only at the Tuluksak River during 

 3 of 10 years: in July 1962, June and July 1983, and July- August 1986, 

 one to three singing males per year were seen at the edges of riparian tall 

 shrubs and freshwater marshes. We found one pair (1.14 pairs per linear 

 kilometer) in undisturbed riparian woodlands in 1983. 



Golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla). Asr, Cfm 

 (13 May-22 September). Specimens: RMS1962/36/58 and UAM2645. 



Golden-crowned sparrows nested throughout the study area, al- 

 though they were more abundant on the coast than inland. Sparrows 

 nested at the Salmon, Tuluksak, and Kisaralik rivers (Mindell 1983), Cape 

 Peirce, Nanvak Bay, Round Island (T. J. Eley, unpublished; E. H. Miller, 

 unpublished), and Crooked Island (P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald, 

 personal communication). They probably nested at Goodnews and 

 Chagvan bays (this study), and Kagati Lake (M. J. Fry, unpublished) and 

 were "suspected" to nest at Summit, High, and Hagemeister islands (P. 

 D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald, personal communication). Sparrows 

 were present at the Kisaralik River in 1985 (1-15 birds per day on 8 days 

 during 9-22 August; M. Brown et al., unpublished) and in 1987 (seen 

 daily in 16-21 June; B. J. McCaffery, personal communication); found at 

 the Kwethluk River (1 to >15 birds per day on 12 days during 10-27 July 

 1985; M. Brown et al., unpublished); found at the Eek River (1 to >15 

 birds per day on 17-29 June 1985; M. Brown et al., unpublished); abun- 

 dant at the Kanektok River (White and Boyce 1978); common near Nyac 

 on 15 July 1980 (Mindell 1983); and seen at Chagvan Bay on 22-25 May 

 1987 (D. F. Parmelee and J. M. Parmelee, unpublished). 



Territorial golden-crowned sparrows used edges of dry, low-to-tall 

 shrub habitats and edges of open woodlands with shrub understory 

 (15-720 m asl). At the Tuluksak River in 1983, we found only 0.5 pairs 

 per linear kilometer in undisturbed riparian woodland, of which <0.1 

 pairs per linear kilometer were within timberline and 5.5 pairs per linear 

 kilometer above timberline. At the Tuluksak River, birds built nests by 8 

 June 1974, adults carried food to young by 22 July 1962, young fledged 

 mid-to-late July during all years, and birds were gone by early August. 

 Along the coast, scolding adults were common at Goodnews after 1 6 June 



