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forms me that he now has serious doubts as to the accuracy of his identification 
of this species at Sitka. 
Parus atricapillus. 
Hylocichla aliciae. Recorded by Dali. Professor Cooke informs me that 
there are no specimens of either of these two latter forms in the Bischotif collec- 
tion in the National Museum. Neither are there specimens of any other forms 
that could have been confounded with them. He considers the publication by Dali 
of their being taken at Sitka by Bischoff to be a mistake of the writer. 
Literature Cited 
1850. Bonaparte, Charles Lucian. Conspectus Avium, 1, 1850, p. 477. 
Description of Passerella ruftna (Melospiza inelodia rudna) from Sitka. 
1858. Kittlitz, F. H. von. Denkwurdigkeiten einer Reise nach dem russischen Amerika, 
nach Mikronesien und durch Kamtschatka von F. H. von Kittlitz. 2 vols. Gotha, 1858. 
Includes important notes on specimens taken and birds observed by the writer in 
the vicinity of Sitka, June 23 to July 31, 1827. 
1862-84. Scblegel, H. Museum d ’hist, natur. des Pays-Bas. Revue meth. et crit. de la 
collection d’Oiseaux. 7 vols. Leyde, 1862-84. 
A catalogue of birds in the Leyden Museum. The following species were men- 
tioned from Sitka, probably all erroneously: Simorhynchiis camtschaticiis (Aetliia 
pygmaea), Simorhynchns cristatellus (Aethia cristatclla) , Piifdnns tenuirosfris, Diomcdca 
brachynra (albatrus) , and Gracttlus (Phalacrocorax) pcrspicillatus. 
1867. Elliot, D. G. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. xix, 1867, p. 99. 
Description of Scops (Otus asio) kcnnirotti from Sitka. 
1869. Baird, Spencer F. On Additions to the Bird-Fauna of North America, made by the 
Scientific Corps of the Russo- American Telegraph Expedition. Trans. Chicago Acad. 
Sci., vol. 1, part ii, 1869, pp. 311-325. 
Mention of Scops (Ottis asio) kennicotti, Lcncosticte littoralis and Puffinus teuui- 
rostris from Sitka, with color plates of the three species. The record of the latter species 
quoted from Schlegel. 
1869. Dali, William H., and Bannister, Henry M. List of the Birds of Alaska, with 
Biographical Notes. Trans. Chicago Acad. Sci., vol. 1, part ii, 1869, pp. 267-310. 
The first list of the birds of Alaska published in English. Includes notes on a 
great many species secured by Ferdinand Bischoff, a member of the scientific corps of 
the Russo- American Telegraph Expedition, who was stationed at Sitka in 1865-66. 
1873. Finsch, Dr. Otto. Zur Ornithologie Nord-west Amerikas. In Naturwissenschaft- 
licher Verein zu Bremen, Abhandlungen, vol. iii, pp. 17-68. Bremen, 1873. 
All matter pertaining to Sitka quoted from Schlegel, Kittlitz, Baird, and Dali and 
Bannister. 
1874. Baird, Spencer F., Brewer, T. M., and Ridgway, Robert. A History of North 
American Birds. 3 vols Boston, 1874. 
Nearly all Sitka matter quoted from previous publications. 
1882. Bean, Tarleton H. Notes on Birds Collected during the Summer of 1880 in Alaska 
and Siberia. Proc. U. S. National Museum, v, 1882, pp. 144-173. 
Several days spent at Sitka during June, 1880, and a number of specimens col- 
lected. 
1883. Hartlaub, Dr. G. Beitrag zur Ornithologie von Alaska. Journal fur Ornithologie, 
xxxi, 1883, pp. 257-286. 
Matter pertaining to Sitka all quoted. 
1887. Nelson, E. W. Report upon Natural History Collections made in Alaska, 1877-1881. 
Arctic Series of Publications Issued in Connection with the Signal Service, U. S. Army, 
no. iii, 1887. 
Matter pertaining to Sitka nearly all quoted. 
1897a. Grinnell, Joseph. Petrels of Sitka, Alaska. Nidologist, iv, 1897, pp. 76-78. 
Describes nesting of Occanodroma Iciicorhoa ( = bcali) and Oceanodronia furcata 
on St. Lazaria Island. 
