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Falco columbarius columbarius Linnaeus. Pigeon Hawk 
Seen on only three occasions. On March 15, on the outskirts ol 
Cordova, Alaska, a Pigeon Hawk was shot down from a tall tree, but fell in 
a snow-laden tangle of young evergreens from which it could not be 
retrieved. On April 1, at Nazan bay, one was seen going by with the wind, 
flying high, at great speed, as though on a long journey; and again at the 
head of Kuluk bay one was noted following the shore. 
Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus). Osprey 
No Ospreys were found on the American side, but on July 30, at 
Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, one was seen flying high, following the shore. 
Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan). Short-eared Owl 
At Unalaska, Alaska, Mr. Donald A. Stevenson pointed out the only 
growing spruce clump on the island as the usual roosting place of a Short- 
eared Owl, but time did not allow of verification. However, at Attu 
island, on April 21, an owl pellet that probably had been disgorged by this 
bird was noted on a rock near the shore. 
Nyctea nyctea (Linnaeus). Snowy Owl 
Not seen; but, on April 25, at Nikolski, Bering island, the Russian 
interpreter who visited the ship offered to donate the skin of a “big white 
owl” to the collection. A visit to Toporkov prevented the specimen being 
secured. Stejneger found the owl very plentiful here in 1883. 
Cuculus canorus telephanus Heine. Kamchatka Cuckoo 
On July 16, in the birch woods above the bay at Petropavlovsk, the 
cuckoo was heard in merry song. This seems to have been about the last 
of its singing, as it was not heard again. Specimens were taken here in 
the same wood and it was seen on six different occasions. Unless one is 
prepared for it the meeting with the Eastern Cuckoo is something of a 
surprise as the bird at a gunshot is more like a Sharp-shinned Hawk 
than an American cuckoo. On July 20 “a rather large, hawk-like 
cuckoo was seen flying in the woods. It was rather wary and flew from 
tree to tree in short snatches for 100 yards — until it was shot. The iris 
was bright, dark yellow with a brownish cloud toward the pupil. Toes 
and tarsus bright yellow.” 
“The female shot on July 27 was in handsome plumage, finer even 
than the former male, but the colours of the soft parts seemed identical. 
From the condition of the ovary there was no evidence of recent laying 
and doubtless this condition in the female corresponds to the ending of 
the song season.” 
No young were seen. What birds played host to the young could 
not be learned, but the only small birds nesting in these woods that seemed 
capable of bearing the burden were the Siberian Ruby-throat, a small 
thrush, and the pipits and wagtails. There was evidence, though, that 
even the chickadees hated the cuckoo ; for once, when one of these skulkers 
flew near some of the little black-caps, the latter raised an angry hue and 
cry and anathematized the interloper exactly as they would have scolded 
a little owl. 
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