MAMMALS AND HIRDS OF PKINCE OF WALES SOUND. 121 



RiNG-NKCKED Plover ( Oe<jialUes semipal mains, Bon. :) 



First seen on June 1st. Mating, June lOtli. Young fledged, July 

 12th. Last seen, September 25th. 



These birds were very numerous througliout the summer. One 

 was seen to pick up its young and fly some distance with it. 



Red Phalarope ( Phalaropris fuHcarin.s, L.) 



First seen on May 31st. Several of these birds were brought to 

 me during the month of June ; but after July 1st, none were to be 

 seen. 

 Purple Sandpiper (Trinrja Mariluaa, Brnnn.) 



Only one of these birds was seen and shot on May 27th. 



White- RUMPEiJ Sandpiper : Bonaparte's Sandpiper (Tringa Bonapurtii, 

 Schlerjel.) 



None of these birds were found breeding, but a few were seen 

 after Jul V 1st; and about August 10th, very large flocks arrived, 

 remaining until September 20thj when the last of them were seen. 

 Brant Goosk (Bernkla brenta, Stephens.) 



The Brant Goose does not breed here. A few were seen in com- 

 pany with Hutchins Goose in their flight southward, on September 

 6th, and one was brought to me by an Eskimo on December 1st. 



Hutchins Goose (Bemicla Hutchinsi, Richardson.) 



This bird, in company with the Brant and Snowy Goose, arrived 

 in great numbers on September 6th, and remained here five days, all 

 disappearing when the wind shifted to the southward. 



Snowy Goose (Chen hyperboreus.) 



Thousands of these birds, in company with those just named, ar- 

 rived here during a gale on Sej^tember 6th, and wei-e so tame that 

 seventy were shot in a few hours with very little trouble. They 

 remained here five days, when a steady breeze springing up from the 

 southward, they all disap[)eared in a few hours and none were seen 

 after September 12th. 

 Long-tailed Duck (Harelda Glacialis, L.) 



The first of these birds seen was on June 1st, and the first fledg- 

 lings found was on August 31st. 



This is one of the most numerous and certainly the most noisy 

 duck that visits these regions ; its long-drawn note of ar-ar-ow-oo 

 may be heard in every direction. 



