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24 THE CONDOR Vol. XVII path of migration follows the coast, and Forrester accordingly serves as a way station. It is certainly true that there are few natural enemies on the island and an abundant food supply which factors render the reservation well-nigh ideal. Furthermore, the immediate region, especially to the east of Dall Island, is the feeding ground of a large number of migrant water birds, so that accurate observation during a few seasons would doubtless add materially to our kno?vledge of many matters connected with the time of migration, the route pursued and nature of food supply: The following species of land birds were positively identified during our visit. Where any doubt existed speci- mens were secured and later determined at the California Museum of Verte- brate Zoology. 1. Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus. Northern Bald Eagle. This northern representative of the national bird numbers at least one hundred and fifty individuals on Forrester Island. Almost every headland has its aerie, and several nests were also found on the islets to the north and south, while the young, from one to four years old, inhabit the same or intermediate regions. Generally speaking their reputations, like those of their congeners to the south- ward, are distinctly bad. In pleasant weather when the sea is fairly calm they may be seen to soar out from some elevated perch, and the return trip is usual- ly made with a herring in their talons; but when the summer season opens the bill of fare very frequently includes birds, both young and old. Remains of Cassin Auklets, Ancient Murrelets and Rhinoceros Auklets are frequently en- countered on the hillsides, especially in the vicinity of eagle's nests, and this fact together with the reports of the natives fixes the blame on the king of birds. Young gulls and murres are also readily and frequently captured; and on the larger islands to the north and east numbers of fawns are struck down, so that between the eagles and the wolves the deer are fast disappearing. In the neighborhood of the salmon canneries they act as scavengers, and astonish- ingly large numbers congregate in such situations. In the neighborhood of Waterfall, near the north end of Dall Island, fifty-seven eagles were seen along the coast within a distance of less than one third of a mile, and it is reported that they are far more abundant in several other localities. Almost all of the nests were placed in inaccessible positions, invariably in large spruce trees, but from elevated headlands it was possible to see that they contained eggs. from the middle to the last of May. Newly hatched young were found on the 11th of June, and one scarcely able to fly appeared near the camp on the 8th of July. During this time the parents are active and extreme- ly bold in the capture of prey, and the cries of pursuing gulls could be heard about the cliffs at distressingly frequent intervals. Their work of destruc- tion in the fall is generally transferred to the larger islands or to the main- land, and it is claimed that when the food supply fails along the beaches, or birds and small mammals are too wary, a pair will hunt out a small deer in the open meadows, and after tearing out its eyes will buffet it with their wings until dazed and wearied it finally succumbs. The eagles gather daily about the lakes on Forrester Island, and two par- tially submerged'spruce logs are worn smooth where they have stood during the bathing process. During rare intervals when the rain has ceased to a suf- ficient extent to allow some of the smaller pools to drain, the bottom ooze is tracked in various directions and is occasionally fashioned into distinct wal- lows. These phenomena are familiar to the indians, who claim that these birds