1 male 



Junel 



I male 



June 3 



1 female 



June 2 



I female 



Junes 



OLD CROW 199 



Ereunetes pusillus (Linnaeus) 



weight 21.7 g. fat testes 4x7, 4x5.5 mm| 



weight 22.7 g. medium fat testes 5x8 mm. 



weight 23.3 g. fat eggs 2 mm. 



weight 26.5 g. medium fat eggs 3 mm. 



A flock of seven semipalmated sandpipers was noticed on June 1, 

 a later date than their usual first arrival at Anaktuvuk. A few more 

 small groups were remarked, and on June 13 three were seen feeding 

 on the sandy shore of a slough, but the date of observation gave the 

 only suggestion that they were present for nesting. The migration of 

 semipalmated sandpipers through Old Crow was small and late. 

 Their nearest wintering range is in the gulf-coast States and the 

 migration northward passes through interior States and Provinces, 

 usually east of the mountains (A. O. U., Check-list, 195Y) . 



The Indian name is TeggetseVve. 



Family PHALAROPODIDAE: Phalaropes 

 Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus) 



male 



May 24 



weight 33.0 g. 



medium fat 



testes 7x13, 6x10 mm; 



female 



May 23 



weight 35.3 g. 



little fat 



egg 5.5 mm. 



1 female 



May 24 



weight 33.9 g. 



fat 



egg 4 mm. 



A few northern phalaropes were first seen on May 23, the day after 

 the ice moved in the river. For a few days some of the few phalaropes 

 seen appeared to be resting during migration, and courting pairs were 

 not recorded until May 29. Since the two female specimens had eggs 

 measuring 6 and 4 mm., courtship was probably in progress earlier 

 than it was recorded. During June individual phalaropes were often 

 seen floating on marshy pools in quiet contrast to their dashing speed 

 and remarkable aerial evolutions when in flight. A small migratory 

 passage through Old Crow was believed to occur, but a good many 

 phalaropes remain to nest in Porcupine Valley. 



Believing that the other birds wintering in maritime situations come 

 to Old Crow from the Pacific we suspect that these phalaropes are 

 from the population wintering over the Pacific southward off Ecuador. 

 Swarth (1936) says they are common migrants through Atlin, which 

 they reached May 15, 1931, May 22, 1932, and May 12, 1934; but as 

 they are widespread in summer through Yukon (Eand, 1946) and 

 common all along the Yukon (Dall and Bannister, 1869), they may 

 pass from the Gulf of Alaska to the interior by numerous routes 

 through the mountains. 



The Indian name is Trevug. 



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