brooks: birds from east Siberia and arctic Alaska. 379 

 LiMOSA LAPPONICA BAUERi Naumann. 



PACIFIC GODWIT. 



A flock of about twenty was seen on a large marsh on the west 

 side of Providence Bay, June 20 and 21, 1913. They were quite 

 tame and we took eight, all being males. 



Macrorhamphus griseus scold paceus (Say). 



LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 



A pair taken by Mr. Dixon at Herschel Island, August 20, 1914. 

 None were seen at Demarcation Point. 



MiCROPALAMA HiMANTOPUS (Bonaparte). 



STILT SANDPIPER. 



My observations at Demarcation Point lead me to believe that there 

 is a possibility of the Stilt Sandpiper breeding west of the Mackenzie 

 River delta. 



It was first noted on May 23, a single very wild bird feeding about 

 a small pool. On May 24 three were seen in a pool, and two more 

 were associated with a flock of Pectoral Sandpipers. Ten were seen 

 May 26; two pairs, five in one flock of Pectoral Sandpipers and a 

 single bird in another flock. On the following day a pair was seen, 

 the next day only one. From this date until June 8 when a pair was 

 seen in the grass about a small pond, this species could not be found. 

 I felt sure that this was a breeding pair it being so late in the season, 

 but with the exception of one bird seen in the same place on June 10 

 I saw no more during my stay in the North. 



Mr. Dixon secured two males and a female on August 2, 1914, at 

 Herschel Island. 



Helodromas solitarius solitarius (Wilson). 



SOLITARY SANDPIPER. 



A female was taken by Mr. Dixon at Griffin Point, June 1, 1914. 

 Mr. Bangs and I after careful comparison refer this specimen to the 

 eastern form of the Solitary Sandpiper. 



