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its back. In a short time the bird with tail down and a wing dragging 

 would walk slowly from me. As I never followed the bird would 

 return and totter a while, repeating the same performance several 

 times until secured for the proper identification of the eggs. 



Pluvialis dominicus fulvus (Gmelin). 



PACIFIC golden plover. 



A pair was taken at East Cape, Siberia, July 14, 1913, and a female 

 at Cape Serdze July 17, 1913. 



Charadrius mongolus (Pallas). 

 mongolian plover. 



We did not see this plover. Our collection contains five purchased 

 specimens from Copper Island; a pair taken June 23, 1912, a pair 

 taken June 20, — , and a female taken June 16, — . 



Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula (Linne). 



RINGED plover. 



We saw very few of this species. Two were noted and a male 

 taken at Providence Bay, June 4, 1913; two males shot on the north 

 side of East Cape, July 15, 1913, and a male and female at Cape 

 Serdze, July 17, 1913. The male was with a bird in down. 



EuDROMiAS morinellus (Linne). 



DOTTEREL. 



The only Dotterels seen were three specimens taken at the head of 

 Providence Bay (Emma Harbor), June 14, 1913, by Mr. Dixon, and 

 on June 17, 1913, farther up the Bay, a pair with two eggs. The eggs 

 were fresh. 



