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Pribilofs, on June 8, 1885, constituting the only North American 

 record. As the species migrates regularly through the Commander 

 Islands to Kamchatka, it would not be surprising if careful collect- 

 ing in the western Aleutians showed it to occur frequently in North 

 American territory. Its close resemblance to some other small sand- 

 pipers might easily cause it to be overlooked. Very little seems to 

 be known about it's habits. 



Spring. — Doctor Stejneger (1885) says: 



The long-toecl stint arrives at Bering Island in large flocks during the latter 

 part of May, and are then met with on sandy beaches, where the surf has 

 thrown up large masses of seaweed, busily engaged in picking up the numerous 

 small crustaceans, etc., with which the weeds abound. Most of the birds 

 stay only a few days, going further north, while a small number remain over 

 summer, breeding sparingly on the large swamp behind the village. My efforts 

 to find the nests were unsuccessful, but I shot birds near Zapornaja Reschka 

 on the 17th and 22d of June, and on the 7th of August. 



W. Sprague Brooks (1915) reports birds seen or taken at points 

 in Kamchatka on May 21 and 25, 1913, which probably were just 

 arriving on their breeding grounds. 



Eggs. — I can find no description of the nesting habits of the long- 

 toed stint in print and have located only one set of eggs. This is 

 in Col. John E. Thayer's collection and has very scanty data. It 

 was taken by O. Bernhaner at Lake Baikal, Siberia, on June 18, 

 1902; the nest was "placed on the ground." The four eggs in this 

 set are ovate pyriform in shape and have hardly any gloss. The 

 ground colors vary from " olive buff " to " deep olive buff." They 

 are spotted,, chiefly at the larger end, with " snuff brown," " sepia," 

 and " warm sepia," with a few underlying spots of " pale brownish 

 drab." They measure 28.3 by 20, 28 by 19.7, 28.5 by 20.7 and 28.3 

 by 20 millimeters. 



Plumages. — The downy young seems to be entirely unknown. 

 I have not seen enough specimens to add anything to our knowledge 

 of the molts. Mr. Eidgway (1919) has described the immature 

 and seasonal plumages quite fully. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Breeding range. — Said to breed in eastern Siberia, the shores of 

 the Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka, Bering Island, and south to the 

 K'urile Islands. Eggs have been taken at Lake Baikal, Siberia, and 

 it probably breeds in the valley of the Lena River, south of the Arctic 

 Circlfe. 



Winter range. — The Malay Archipelago, India, Burma, Ceylon, 

 the Philippines, and Australia. 



