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date, two pairs of crows were met and their cawing was a relief after the 
idiotic “haw-hawing” of the Japanese ravens. Two craws were seen later 
at Amori, July 10. On the return to Petropavlovsk, July 16, the crows 
were found breeding near the town, but very sparingly, about three pairs 
only being found in several miles of rambling afield. They were very shy 
and it was with difficulty that even one was secured. Like all the members 
of their tribe they loved to steal. When the chained huskies — picketed on 
the outskirts of the village — were fed their fish, a crow or two would 
invariably be hanging around waiting for opportunity to make off with a 
morsel. 
6 Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, July 29 
This bird with its lanceolate throat feathers superficially looks more like a small raven than 
a crow, 
Carpodacus erythrinus grebnitskii Stejneger. Grebnitski’s Scarlet 
Rose Finch. Clark, p. 64. Stejneger, p. 265. Hartert, p. 106. 
Carpodacus erythrinus roseata (Hodgson). Brooks, p. 405. 
A very similar bird to our American Purple Finches. A few could 
always be found about 4 miles from Petropavlovsk, on a farm, where it 
was seen July 21 to 22 and 27. As in the American Purple Finches it is 
difficult to pick young males in life (not young of the year) from females, 
and a “female” shot on July 21 proved to be a male with well-filled sex 
organs. These birds were never heard giving the characteristic “cluck!” 
of our Purple Finches. 
6 Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka. July 21 
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Leucosticte griseonucha (Brandt). Aleutian Rosy Finch 
This interesting finch was first met at sea. As the Thiepval approached 
Chignik, Alaska, March 22, a flock of about a dozen followed the ship for 
a few moments. Next day at Dolgoi bay two were found in the stunted 
shrubbery of a little ravine in the hills. At Unalaska village the birds 
were common; quite large flocks winter there, it was learned, but they had 
dispersed and only four could be found about the place. From Unalaska 
to Attu island they were seen at all stops except Kyska island. Their 
natural habitat was the rocky cliff towering close to the edge of the sea. 
They shared such places with the Aleutian Song Sparrows and Aleutian 
Wrens, but they were travellers and often were seen quite remote from 
the shore. Sometimes, as at Nazan bay, they went quite high up on the 
crowberry patches and hobnobbed with the Snowflakes and ptarmigan. 
This bird, of course, is resident in the islands, but only one was seen at 
Unalaska on the return in August. 
6 Unalaska, Alaska. March 28 
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6 A tka island, Aleutian islands. April 3 
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Chloris sinica kawarahiba (Temminck). Japanese Green Finch. 
Hartert, p. 63. 
Chloris kawarahiba (Temminck). Stejneger, p. 265. 
This beautiful bird was met only at Petropavlovsk. On July 17, in 
the birch woods above the inner harbour, was heard the exact note of a 
