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33. Cerchneis sparveria Linnaeus Sparrow Hawk 
In June a lone sparrow hawk noted several times working over open 
slopes above timber-line in neighbourhood of camp. On June 26 an 
individual met very high on bald slopes of a neighbouring mountain, per- 
haps attracted there by numerous insects — for mice at that elevation not 
found. About the end of July a family appeared along edge of canyon 
stream near Trail End, showing that they probably nested in much same 
quarter as pigeon hawks. Species present until time of breaking camp, 
but even young of year uncommonly shy and not a single specimen could 
be secured. 
34. Bubo virginianus (Gmelin) Horned Owl 
On evening of first camp on slope toward the Chitina en route to mount 
Logan, May 13, a horned owl’s mellow hooting filled long evening silence of 
woods. 
Not observed farther up the Chitina, though at Teal pond a few 
feathers of this bird found where at some time earlier, probably in the 
winter, he had used a certain stump to tear his prey, victims being ptar- 
migan. A patch of feathers in woods near camp showing where a hawk 
owl had been eaten, also suggested horned owl as killer. 
35. Nyctea nyctea (Linnaeus) Snowy Owl 
One specimen in Lloyd collection, McCarthy, Alaska. November, 1922. 
36. Sumia ulula (Linnaeus) American Hawk Owl 
Evidently fairly common throughout region, as several seen on evening 
of May 8 from coach of railway — usually perched in a dry rampike over a 
burn or muskeg — and species met at several points on the Chitina where 
it bred. 
On morning of May 15 as writer was engaged in making a movie of 
pack train on gravel bar below, one of these little daylight hunters sat 
within a few yards over a burn and twittered and chattered as some red- 
polls, scanning him with evil eye, scolded in great anxiety. A pair of 
Gambel’s sparrows below him in the windfallen tangle also chirped con- 
stantly in alarm. Owl changed his perch three times in about an hour 
and when camera operations over was shot. Stomach contained a mass 
of red squirrel fur. 
On June 20, about a mile above Kubrick’s camp, a hawk owl suddenly 
swept overhead; coming from across valley where he had been hunting 
on foot of moraine, and when he was dropped — so swift was his flight 
that at moment he was taken for a falcon — his clutches released a victim ; 
a fledgling junco. 
Specimens: Four, May 15 to August 11. 
There is also an additional specimen in Lloyd collection from McCarthy, Alaska, 
November, 1922. 
37. Dryobates villosus (Linnaeus) Northern Hairy Woodpecker 
Fairly common and found in burns of lower hillsides and in stands of 
stunted black poplar covering almost every rock slide that had reached 
river-level. Only one breeding pair found, this fairly low in a burn near 
camp, May 31. Female noted drumming. Other than this pair only 
straggling wanderers and non-breeders encountered. No juveniles taken 
or even seen. 
Specimens taken July 1 showed tail feathers worn back three-quarters 
inch or morer— this no doubt done by action of burnt wood. 
72984 — QJ 
