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107. Phalaropus fulicarius Bon. (521.) Red Phalarope. Not 
very rare at the Yukon mouth in June, 1868. Abundant at Plover Bay, 
on the Asiatic side of Behring Straits, in large flocks, in July and 
August. D. 
I shot one of this species at the Redoubt, in the fall of 1865, but the 
skin was unluckily spoilt. In 1866 I observed none until September, 
when I saw a few flocks along the beach, just before I embarked for San 
Francisco. It seems, like Tringa maritima, to be common there only 
in the autumn. B, 
108. Gallinago Wilsonii Bon. (523.) English Snipe. Obtained 
at Sitka and Kadiak by Bischoff". Rare on the Yukon. D. 
109. Blacrofhamphiis griseiis Leach. (524.) Red-breasted Snipe. 
Not common at the Yukon mouth and at Pastolik. D. 
110. Macrorhamjihus scolopaceus La. (525.) Greater Longbeak. 
Common at the Yukon mouth and Pastolik. Ratiier rare up the river, 
and at Nulato. D. 
Common, though not extremely abundant. I found the nest of this 
species on the 3rd of June, and on the 6th secured the parent bird with 
the eggs. The nest was a simple hollow in the ground, in a grassy 
hummock, in the centre of a marshy spot, with scarcely any lining what- 
ever — nothing in the shape of a nest to bring away. The eggs were 
four in number, of a brownish color, mottled with a still deeper tint. 
The female, when startled from the nest, shufiied ofi" with great rapidity 
among the grassy hummocks, making a very difficult mark to shoot at. 
I failed to secure the bird on the first discovery of the nest, and was 
indeed unable to obtain a sufficiently good view to identify the species, 
but by marking the spot, and visiting it a second time, I succeeded. 
But one parent was seen either time. B. 
111. Tringa canutus Linn. (526.) Knot. Rare at the Yukon 
mouth. One specimen obtained at Sitka by Bischoff". D. 
112. Tringa maritima Briin. (528.) Purple Sandpiper. One 
specimen of this fine snipe was obtained a mile or two below Nulato, on 
the Yukon. Another at Pastolik. Nest and eggs not seen. I also 
obtained one at St. George's Island, Behring's Sea, where it was common 
on the dry uplands and on the hills. Bischoff" got this species plentifully 
at Sitka, and also at Plover Bay, on the Asiatic side of Behring Straits. 
In October, 1865, I obtained a number of specimens of this species at 
the Redoubt, where it then appeared to be quite common. In the suc- 
ceeding year, I did not observe the species up to the 1st of October, 
when I left the country. B. 
113. Pelidna alpina var.americana Cas. (530.) Red-backed Sand- 
piper. Common at St. Michael's (B.) and in British Columbia (Elliott). 
