26 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 



SQUATAROLA SQUATAROLA 

 Black-bellied Plover 



Observed only at St. Michael and the Yukon and rfot common at 

 either place. They doubtless breed there, but I did not find their nest. 



CHARADRIUS DOMINICUS FULVUS 



Pacific Golden Plover 



A single bird taken at Point Hope on August 7 is referred to this 

 form. No others were seen. 



ARENARIA INTERPRES MORINELLA 



Ruddy Turnstone 



South from Norton Sound to the delta of the Yukon these birds 

 were met with in small numbers. At the latter locality a specimen 

 was obtained in natal down. Two adults, the only specimens secured, 

 were submitted to Dr. Bishop for identification and proved to be of 

 this form. 



At Point Hope quite a number were found feeding about the native 

 houses. Considerable care was required to shoot specimens without 

 endangering the lives of the people. After much trouble I managed 

 to shoot five or six of them, only to have some half-fed native dog 

 appear at the sound of each shot and instantly swallow the birds 

 before I could reach the spot and prevent the animal from doing so. 



Had I secured any of these it is not improbable that they would 

 have proved to be interpres. 



ARENARIA MELANOCEPHALA 



Black Turnstone 



Noted both at St. Michael and the Yukon mouth. Only at one or 

 two points where rocky beaches occur about St. Michael Bay were 

 they at all numerous. 



LAGOPUS LAGOPUS LAGOPUS 



Willow Ptarmigan 



Very common wherever stops were made until Cape Espenberg 

 was reached. North of this point none were seen. Many nests were 

 found and a series of photographs secured of incubating birds on 

 their nests. The first broods of young were seen June 20, and July 

 2 some barely able to fly were found. During this time the males 

 collected were in very ragged plumage with large patches of pin 



