. Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881 . ng to B. minima, as the latter bird is the onlj one said to breed uponthese islands, if the statements of residents can be Ielied upon. While at Unalaska on my way toSan Francisco I saw a flock of the B. minima, domesticated, and upon inquiry learned that theycame from the western end of the chain, wheie the natives are in the habit of rearing the youngand using them for food in winter. Elliott does uot iuclude the Brant among the visitants to theFur Seal Islands, nor did I see it elsewhere in Bering Sea
. Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881 . ng to B. minima, as the latter bird is the onlj one said to breed uponthese islands, if the statements of residents can be Ielied upon. While at Unalaska on my way toSan Francisco I saw a flock of the B. minima, domesticated, and upon inquiry learned that theycame from the western end of the chain, wheie the natives are in the habit of rearing the youngand using them for food in winter. Elliott does uot iuclude the Brant among the visitants to theFur Seal Islands, nor did I see it elsewhere in Bering Sea during my cruise the summer of some points of interest upon this bird not mentioned here I must refer those interested toan article by the writer in the BuUetiu of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, where some of theirhabits are treated more in detail. Mr. Beau {loc. cit.) saw flocks of these birds migrating south along the Arctic coast nearCape Lisburne on August 22, and on the 2oth of the same month found them very abundant aboutthe brackish lagoons along shore near Icy BlkJJs. 89 At; Poair unicow, according to Murdoch, tliese birds atiive at the eud of the water-fowlmigration in spring, as tney do in 2<orton sound. They leave the former place for the south bytneentl of September. A lew breed there and lay from lour to six eggs in a marshy place. A young female of the year lias the white nuchal collar of the adult indicated by a sprinkling ofwhite feathers in front and on sides of neck, but not behind. The feathers of the back are edgedwith brown. There are two white banils across mitidie of wing, and the secondaries and tertiariesare tipped with white. The feathers of abdomen are tipped with grayish, but the broad, whiteaecliiiigs along the sides and flank of the adult are wanting. 90. Philacte canagica (8evast.). Emperor Uoose (Esk. Xa-chafi-tlduk). Among the various species of birds more or less peculiar to Alaska this goose is perhaps themost noteworthy.
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