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full number had not been deposited four eggs were always met 
with. In one case there were five and in another only one. 
(Macfarlane.) 
This species arrives on the shores of Norton Sound, Alaska, 
about the end of May. They soon pair and disperse, so that a 
few days after the main arrival their nests may be looked for. 
The nests are generally in small depressions which may be found 
among the moss and dried grass of a small knoll, and at times a 
slight structure is made of dried grass. The grass, and perhaps, 
a few dead leaves of the dwarf willow are arranged in a circular, 
saucer-shaped form, about four or fiveinches across,and contain four 
eggs, which have a pale, yellowish ground colour, with very dark 
well-defined umber-brown spots scattered rather profusely over 
the shell, especially about the larger end. (JVelson.) The Golden 
Plover arrives at Point Barrow about the end of May. It was 
nesting before June 20th, both seasons I was at Point Barrow, 
though I was unable to find its nest before the 22nd. The nest 
is exceedingly hard to find although it is not concealed at all, 
but is simply a depression in the bare black clayey tundra, lined 
with a little dried moss. The only vegetation on this part of the 
tundra is white and grayish moss, which harmonize so extraor- 
dinarily with the peculiar blotching of the eggs that it is almost 
impossible to see them unless one knows exactly where to look. 
A favourite nesting place is on the high banks of the gullies or 
small streams. No nests were found in the grass or in swampy 
ground. (Murdoch.) 
MUSEUM SPECIMENS. 
Eight fine specimens ; one purchased with the Holman collec- 
tion; one from the Yukon River, presented by Dr. Bell; four 
taken at Indian Head, Assa, in May, 1892, and two at Edmonton, 
Alberta, in May, 1897, all by Mr. Wm. Spreadborough. 
272a. Pacific Golden Plover. 
Charadrius dominicus fulvus (GMEL.) RipGw. 1880. 
This form and the eastern one seem to grade into each other 
on the northern Alaskan coast, but C. fulvus is the commoner 
toward Behring Strait, and breeds along the coasts of both con- 
tinents around the northern shores of Behring Sea. No speci- 
mens of this form have been taken on the American coast south 
