1922] Swarth : Birds and Mammals of the Stiki'ne Begmi 203 



Tringa solitaria cinnamomea (Brewster). Western Solitary 



Sandpiper 

 This species might be expected to breed throughout the region in 

 which we were working, but we failed to find it doing so. It was met 

 with but once during the summer, an immature male (no. 39730) being 

 secured at Flood Glacier on August 7. This individual, a fully grown 

 bird of the year, was, of course, a migrant, and might have traveled a 

 long distance. 



Actitis macularia (Linnaeus). Spotted Sandpiper 

 Fairly common in the upper Stikine Valley. A nest with four 

 eggs was discovered at Sawmill Lake, June 14, placed in a bank of 

 sawdust on the site of the long abandoned sawmill. At Glenora a set 

 of four eggs (no. 1806) was collected on July 3. The nest in this case 

 was in a grassy meadow near an abandoned building. Another nest 

 was found at Glenora, on a sand bar at the edge of the river. At least 

 one brood was hatched near our camp at Doch-da-on Greek. No 

 spotted sandpipers were seen farther down the river, but there is no 

 reason to doubt that the species occurs the whole length of the Stikine. 

 It is known to be a summer visitant on the coast of southeastern 

 Alaska. One specimen collected (no. 39731), an adult female taken 

 at Glenora with the set of eggs previously referred to. 



Oxyechus vocif erus vocif erus (Linnaeus) . Killdeer 

 On the evening of August 22, Dixon heard the unmistakable notes 

 of a killdeer from a mud bank in the river near our camp at Sergief 

 Island. Search the next day, and for several days thereafter, failed 

 to bring the bird to our sight, but the call note is so distinctive that a 

 person familiar with the species could not mistake it for any other. 



Dendragapus obscurus flemingi Taverner. Fleming Grouse 

 In summer, at least, this species is restricted to high altitudes in 

 the mountains of the upper Stikine region. "We met with it at but one 

 point, at timber line, in the mountains above Doch-da-on Creek. A 

 female with a brood of small young was seen there, at about 4000 feet 

 elevation, on July 11. On July 23, two broods were found near the 



