NO. 2 BIRDS OF ALASKA AND SIBERIA — HERSEY 23 



About St. Michael and the Yukon Delta they were very common, 

 and at both places eggs were found. I did not observe them north 

 of Cape Lisburne — from this locality to Point Barrow the Red 

 Phalarope being the only species met with. On August 7 I found a 

 large flock at Point Hope. All were well advanced in the autumnal 

 moult, only a few stray feathers of the nuptial plumage remaining. 



GALLINAGO DELICATA 



Wilson's Snipe 



Not common. A few spend the summer at the Yukon Delta. On 

 June 17, as I was tramping along the edge of a marshy spot, a small 

 brown bird fluttered from four eggs in a slight depression and slipped 

 away through the grass. I had but a glimpse of her as she disap- 

 peared, which resulted in my making a mental note of her as a 

 probable Dowitcher. Without touching the eggs I withdrew, and 

 again passing that way some hours later the bird was flushed under 

 more favorable conditions and was seen to be a Wilson's Snipe. 

 After photographing the nest I was chagrined to find that the eggs 

 were on the point of hatching. 



A few days later another bird was flushed from the border of a 

 willow patch that from its actions had either a nest or young close by 



MACRORHAMPHUS GRISEUS SCOLOPACEUS 



Long-billed Dowitcher 



While the Dowitcher is not common in the same sense that the 

 Western Sandpiper is, an hour's walk in the vicinity of St. Michael 

 or the Yukon Delta would hardly ever fail to disclose the presence 

 of two or three pairs of the birds. Seldom do we find more than two 

 birds together, but as a pair were found in almost every half mile or 

 so travelled the total number of birds must be large. 



Eggs were taken near St. Michael on June 9, at which time incu- 

 bation was about one-half advanced, and downy young were collected 

 June 20 at the mouth of the Yukon River. 



ARQUATELLA MARITIMA COUESI 



Aleutian Sandpiper 



ARQUATELLA MARITIMA PTILOCNEMIS 



Pribilof Sandpiper 



About the middle of July a species of Arquatella appeared about 

 St. Michael, frequenting the rocky shores about the bay. No speci- 



