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\^<Jl(ir roliiinhixniis. Whi.stling' SAvaii. We were told that a swan — 

 probabl}' this species — was killed at Circle duriiii;- the spring.] 



46. Grus canadensis. Little Brown Crane. 



Along the Yukon we did not see any cranes, although I thought I 

 heard one near the Little Salmon July 21, and a man who had spent 

 the summer at Circle told me he had heard and seen the 'sand- 

 hill crane' there frequently during the past two months. I was also 

 informed by prospectors that these cranes were found in small imm- 

 bers at the head waters of Birch Creek and Porcupine River. 



Near St. Michael we saw flocks of from two to six indi\dduals each 

 almost daily during the first half of Septem])er, but none later than Sep- 

 tember 16. On the night of September 13 and all the following day 

 there was a hard southwest gale. On the 14th Ave saw large num- 

 bers — Osgood counted ninety-six — flying south, high in the air. 



47. Crymophilus fulicarius. Red Phalarope. 



We saw a small flock near Skagway in Lynn Canal Jiuie 2, and 

 others I believed to be this species near Wrangell Narrows and in 

 Prince Frederick Sound May 20. Osgood took one at St. Michael 

 September 17 during a heavy storm. 



48. Phalaropus lobatus. Northern Phalarope. 



Large flocks were seen near Dixon Entrance May 28, and smaller 

 ones on the Inside Passage Ma}' %). From a flock of about twenty on 

 Lake Lebarge July 13 1 shot a female that was changing to Avinter 

 plumage, and on a small pond at Lower Lebarge July 17 I took a 

 male that Avas in worn breeding plumage. At St. Michael September 

 2 I caught a young bird that had but one wing, and on St. (leorge 

 Island October 3 I shot one that Avas swinmiing alone in a pool. 

 Phalaropes, probably this species, were seen on Bering Sea October 

 1 and 4. 



49. Gallinago delicata. Wilson Snipe. 



At Haines May 31 I was told that several Wilson snipe had been 

 seen that day, but Avas unable to find them. We saAV one on Fifty- 

 Mile River not far below Lake Marsh July 10, and another in the 

 marsh at LoAver Lebarge July 17. Osgood saw one at Circle August 

 18, and I killed tAvo from a small flock at Hendricks Station August 

 25. At St. Michael Ave saw eight or ten single birds between Sep- 

 tember 12 and 22. 



50. Tringa couesi. Aleutian Sandpiper, 



Common about the lava rocks that line the shore at St. Michael, 

 where flocks of five to fifty Avere obserA^ed, l)ut onlj' small flocks after 

 September 15. A fcAv were occasionally seen on the tidal mud flats, 

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