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Figure 28. — Least sandpiper. 



On May 25, 1936, six, or more, least sandpipers were found in 

 the marshy vegetation at Snag Point, Nushagak River, where 

 they were evidently nesting; the following day, a male, with in- 

 cubation patches, was collected. The flight song was heard here 

 also. 



Jaques (1930) reported that after May 25 this bird was abun- 

 dant about Port Moller in the vicinity of tundra pools. In 1911, 

 Wetmore observed the species in August at King Cove near 

 Thin Point. Late in July, he saw them at Morzhovoi Bay under 

 circumstances that suggested they had just finished nesting. He 

 also mentions seeing them on August 25 between King Cove and 

 Little Koniuji Island, and on August 26 he saw them off Chignik 

 Bay. Gabrielson, on June 21, 1940, found 6 or 8 in a high meadow 

 at Frosty Peak, and he took specimens there and at Unalaska, 

 Alaska Peninsula, and the Shumagins. Gianini (1917) reported 

 them to be common and breeding at Stepovak Bay, where he 

 found a nest with four eggs. 



In May 1925, I observed these sandpipers about Urilia Bay and 

 St. Catherine Cove, Unimak Island, where they were common by 

 May 19. At Hazen Point, Izembek Bay, a pair was seen on May 

 21, and, on May 29, birds were observed going through their mat- 

 ing performance in the valley below Aghileen Pinnacles. Evi- 

 dently these birds were nesting in the marshy valley bottom. 

 Least sandpipers were found nesting commonly at Hazen Point, 

 where a nest was found on June 22. The nest consisted of a slight 

 cavity in the matted vegetation, with a few small round leaves 

 in the bottom, and it contained four well-incubated eggs. On June 



