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Grus canadensis (Linn.). — In the vicinity of Fallax Point and Castle Peak I 
often saw flocks of cranes, which were undoubtedly of this species. 
Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.). — vSpeciinens of this phalarope were taken at Golof- 
nin Bay, June 28, and again August 17. Two were collected at Fallax Point, August 
24, where they were abundant. Their stomachs contained quantities of entomos- 
tracans, legs and elytra of black and striped beetles, small green seeds, and slender 
grubs a quarter of an inch in length. 
An individual was seen on the water at Thor, August 25, and several were 
seen in the ponds near Crater Mountain, July ii. 
Gallinago delicata (Ord). — The Wilson snipe was observed near a creek flow- 
ing into Golofriin Bay and again the same day in some marshy ground, on a hill 
side, some ten miles east of Dexter. Both were seen August 16. 
Tringa couesi (Ridgw.). — The Coues sandpiper was obtained onl}" on Fgg 
Island September 24, although it may have been seen before. 
Tringa ptilocnemis Coues. — Of this sandpiper I have three examples. The 
flrst one was taken on Pathfinder Rock July 17. August 29, another was shot 
from a bunch of three as they flew over the hills back of Dexter. The third was 
taken the same day in company with a pectoral sandpiper. These two were feed- 
ing on the beach in the evening. It was so dark I could just see them, it being 
then 8:15 P. M. 
Tringa maculata Vieill. — A single male of this species was taken on the beach 
near Dexter, iVugust 29. 
Ereunetes pusillus (Linn.). — Two semipalmated sandpipers were taken at Gol- 
ofnin Bay J une 28. 
Numenius hudsonicus Lath. — My record for this species is based upon part of 
a bird which was being eaten by a young duck hawk when the latter was shot. 
Charadrius dominicus fulvus (Gmel.). — Since Bishop^ gives this form as occur- 
ring at St. Michael, the golden plover seen by me in the hills above Cape Den- 
bigh, July 30, and near Signal Doris, are probably the same. They were seen 
only on high ground a mile or two from the bay. 
jEgialitis semipalmata Bonap. — A male of this species was taken at Golofnin 
Bay, June 28. 
Arenaria interpres ( Linn.). — Two turnstones were secured at Golofnin Bay 
the latter part of August. 
Canachites canadensis (Linn.). — Grouse were first seen on August 18 at Cairn. 
They were abundant in the spruce woods a mile or so from the beach, and were 
usuall}^ found in flocks comprising one or two adults and three to six young. Oc- 
casionally an old bird was seen without any company. The young were in vari- 
ous stages of plumage, from those just able to fly to fully feathered. At Thor 
only a few miles away two half grown birds were shot August 28. 
In the left pectoral muscle of one specimen was an encysted body half an 
inch long by a quarter of an inch in diameter. This body contained three pieces 
of spruce needles measuring respectively .45, .30, and .24 of an inch. 
These grouse when flushed usually flew but a short distance to light in the 
lower branches of a tree or in plain sight on the tundra. It was then an easy 
matter to collect the whole flock without moving more than a few feet. In fact 
so tame were they that one of our men killed an old bird with his hatchet. 
My specimens appear to be of the same form as those collected by Grinnell on 
the Kowak. 
I. N. A.. Fauna No. 19; Bds. of Yukon Dist. , p, 70. 
