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14. Tringa acuminata (Horsf.). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 
St. Paul Lagoon, ^ (No. 3539 Coll. L. S. J. U.), August 17. This specimen is apparently in 
first plumage. This is the second record for the Pribilofs. 
15. Totaniis melanolcucus (Qmc\.). Greater Yellow-legs. 
Kamenista Lake, St. Paul Island, <5 ad. (No. 3543 Coll. L. S. J. U.j, August 17. This is the 
first recorded instance for the Pribilofs, and, as far as I know, the first Alaskan record west of 
Sitka where several specimens were secured by Bisehoff. * 
16. Heteractitis incanus (GmeL). Wandering Tatler. 
St. George and St. Paul Islands, four specimens, August 22-31. 
17. Arenaria interpres (Linn.). Turnstone. 
St. Paul Island, $ im., August 17. 
18. Lcucosticte tephrocofis griseonucha {V,ra.\\At). Aleutian Leucosticte. 
St, George Island, ,5 ? $, July 25. Judging from the material at hand I see no reason 
for cons\Aerm^ griseo 7 iuc/ia a distinct species. (See under K.\di.\k Ist,.^nd). 
19. Passd'ina nivalis fozmisendi (Ridgw.). Pribilof Snowflake. 
St. George Island, two juveniles, July 25: St. Paul Island, juv., August 29. 
20. Calcarius lapponicus alascensis Ridgw. Alaskan Longspur. 
vSt. George and St. Paul Islands, 9 specimens, July 25— August 29. No. 3482 (Coll. L. S. 
J. U.) is a juvenile about half fledged, taken on August 20, which is notably late for so young a 
bird. 
21. Saxicola cenaiithc Wheatear. 
An immature male (No. 3486, Coll. L. S. J. U.) taken on St. Paul Island .\ugust 29, forms 
the first record for the Pribilofs, and fills in another gap in the known range of this remarkably 
wide-spread species. 
Amagnak Island. 
This small island at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, was visited by Snodgrass (R. L.) and Greeley 
(A. W.) in vSei)teniber, 1897, and four species were taken as follows; 
1. CalcaJ'ius lapponicus alascoisis Ridgw. Alaskan Longsj)ur. 
Adult $, Sept. 15. 
2. Ammodramus saudzaichensis [Qmcl.). Sandwich Sparrow. 
Five specimens, September 15-17. 
3. jMelospiza melodia cinerea (Gmel.). Aleutian Song Sparrow. 
Three specimens, September 17. Robert Ridgway has recently described!, two new 
Alaskan races of the Song Sparrow practically completing the chain of forms connecting melodia 
of eastern North America with insignis of Kadiak Island. Accordingly he reduces the latter to 
the rank of a subspecies. Cinei'ea is very slightly different from insignis, and moreover is 
known to inhabit the Aliaska Peninsula so that geographical continuity with Ridgway’s kenaiezz- 
sis is probable. Therefore according to the present trend of opinion in regard to similarly re- 
lateil forms, cinerea, too, should be considered a subspecies, as above. 
4. Anorthura alascensis (Baird). Alaskan Wren. 
(5 juv., September 17. 
Belkovsky Bay. 
This bay on the southern side of the Aliaska Peninsula was visited by Snodgrass (R. E.) and 
Greeley (A. W.) on July 22, 1897, and the following species were collected. 
1. V'ritiga miuulilla WieiU. Least Sandpiper. 
$ $ both in juvenile jdumage, Init fully fledged; ])robably migrants. 
2. Coz-vus coiurx principalis Ridgw. Northern Raven. 
$ adult 
3. Passer ina nivalis (hinn.). Snowflake. 
$ adult (No. 3481 L. vS. J. U.); Measurements: wing 4.27, tail 2.80, culiiieu .44. In the 
size of the bill this specimen approaches tozvnsendi. Several skins which I have examined from 
western Alaska present larger measurements, especially of the bill, than do eastern specimens. 
In other words, they show a decided inclination toward the extreme as represented by tozvnsendi, 
and I see no reason why should rank as a species, as proposed by Palmer in “The 
Avifauna of the Pribilofs’’ ( 1 . c.). Notice also the measurements of the Kadiak specimens given 
beyond . 
(W. n) and Banni.ster ( H, M.). List of tlie Bird.s of ■■Maska. with Biographical Notes. Transaction.s of the 
Cliicago Academy of Sciences. Vol. I, Bart II. Chicago: 186). p. 292. 
t New Species, etc., of American Birds. — B'ringillidte. .^uk, Jan., XVI, 1899. f. ;fi. ,VxD /fi///., XVII, 1900. p. 29. 
