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We found the flesh excellent, it being far superior to the ptarmigan in this 
respect and a delightful relief from canned meats. 
Lagopus lagopus (Linn.). — Ptarmigan were abundant along the whole coast 
wherever landings were made, except in the spruce woods. Between the beach 
and the Signal Doris, on August 16 and 18, there were numerous flocks usually 
consisting of two adults and from four to eight well grown young, the former often 
feigning lameness that the young might escape. 
Accipiter velox (Wils.). — The sharp-shinned hawk was seen once when one 
flew over the Yukon anchored off Scaffold. 
[Accipiter atricapillus striatulus Ridgway.-At Fallax Point, August 24, a very 
dark example of this (?) species circled several times about the signal, but I was 
unable to kill it.] 
Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus Towns. — The bald eagle was common about 
Unalaska Island where two were shot with rifles. 
Falco riisticolus gyrfalco (Linn.). — The gyrfalcon was observed but once, when 
a nest containing three downy young, was found on the side of Crater Mountain, 
east of St. Michael. The nest was nothing more than a number of loose sticks. A 
half grown ptarmigan was beside the 3^011 ng birds in such good order that I made 
a skin of it. Pellets scattered about the ground contained hair and teeth of a 
small rodent and numerous feathers. Remains of ptarmigan were also scattered 
about. 
The youngest falcon was carried on board ship where he lived for a month or 
more, being fed on meat from skinned birds. The nest was found July ii. 
Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.). — An adult duck hawk was seen at Cape 
Denbigh, and a j^oung full grown female was shot, August 8, at the same locality. 
A partially devoured specimen of Hudsonian curlew was secured, upon which the 
young bird had been feeding. 
Pandi5a haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.). — As GrinnelP records the osprey from 
the Kowak River, it is probable that it is to be found in the interior of the Norton 
Bay region. I did not observe the species myself, but members of the Geological 
Survey reported it as common along the rivers of Norton Bay. 
Asia accipitrinus (Pall.). — The short-eared owl was observed on Amaknak 
Island June 23, where one was flushed from its nest containing two eggs. I'lie 
nest consisted of a deep hollow on a hill side, and was neatly lined witn grass. I 
was told that the day before several eggs had been removed from the nest. The 
original set was probably five or six. 
Surni.i ulula caparoch (Muell.) — This species was reported by members of the 
Geological Survey as being common in the woods of the interior along the rivers 
of Norton Bay. I observed the species but once when a male lit on the top of our 
tripod while we were building the signal scaffold. The stomach of this bird con- 
tained bones and hair of the mouse Evotomys dawsoni alascensis Miller. 
Picoides americanus (Swains. ).2 — August 18 a female of this species was shot 
in the woods near Cairn; no other woodpeckers were seen during the summer. 
Perisoreus canadensis fumifrons Ridgw. — The Alaskan jay was seen only in the 
thick spruce woods near Cairn. A female, taken August 18, agrees with a large 
series from the Kowak River. 
Corvas corax principalis Ridgw. — The raven was regular in its occurrence 
throughout the region. It was found at nearl}." all the triangulation .stations and 
several were seen about eaoh of the islands visited. At Amaknak they seem to 
1. Pacific Coast Avifauna. No. i. p. 37. 
2. See Bangs, Auk, XVII; 1900. p. 132. 
