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noticed until May 29, when one was seen on a mudbank just beginning 

 to emerge as the river subsided ; after that time, single spotted sand- 

 pipers and pairs were frequently seen along the banks. The two 

 specimens collected on June 13 were together and apparently a pair. 

 The female contained one 5 -mm. egg but had not yet laid. A nest was 

 found on June 24 with four fresh eggs, of which it was estimated the 

 first was laid about June 18, the latest start of laying found among 

 sandpipers. 



Spotted sandpipers, known by the Indians as TraruJc, are common 

 along the Porcupine River but there was no evidence of migratory 

 traffic in excess of the summer residents. 



These sandpipers seem to nest north to the tree line, and 

 so extend into the Arctic from Mackenzie, across forested Yukon and 

 Alaska. In winter some remain as far north as British Columbia 

 (Munro and Cowan, 1947) but are spread over more southerly States 

 in the east. Their migratory course is too widely distributed to sug- 

 gest from which direction Old Crow is reached. 



Tringa solitaria cinnamomea (Brewster) 



Males Females 



Weight 



Fat 



Testes 



Weight 



Fat 



Eggs 



Date {g.) 





(mm.) 



(s.) 





(mm.) 



May 16 53. 6 



F 



5x7, 5x6.5 









May 17 52. 2 



r 



5x10, 4x6 









48.2 



F 



5.5x7, 4x5 









May 18 53. 7 



F 



5.5x8.4, 5x7 



54.6 



F 



6 



May 20 59. 6 



VF 



6x7.5, 5x6.5 









52.2 



VF 



5x7, 4x6 









May 23 







72.2 



LF 



12 



June 1 55. 4 



MF 



6x10, 4x5 brood patch 









June 5 55. 4 



MF 



5x8.5, 3x4.5 









June 8 54. 7 



LF 



5x8, 3x4 



65.2 



LF 



«6 



(aver.) 53. 8 













4 broken follicles. 













Solitary sandpipers, which bear the Indian name Tiie, had been 

 heard on May 14 and several were seen on May 16 and 17. On May 

 18 about 12 were remarked in groups of 2 or 3 around marshy pools. 

 From then until May 31 they were seen more often than they were 

 later on, and their numbers seemed to exceed the old nests which 

 could provide their eventual housing in the vicinity. Many of these 

 birds appeared to be pausing in migration, and it was our impression 

 that most of them took off in an easterly direction. Francis William- 

 son found solitary sandpipers at Fort Yukon when he arrived there 

 on May 10. 



A number of solitary sandpipers were settled around marshy pools 

 and streams in June. Although we had not earlier observed many old 

 nests there were enough new ones of robins and thrushes which could 



