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J. C. Ross (1826, p. 102) states that this species arrived at port Bowen, 
northwestern Baffin island, about the middle of May, 1825. It was first 
observed by Hantzsch (1914, pp. 154-155) at Kangianga (western end of 
Nettilling fiord) on June 7, 1910. Another solitary bird was seen at 
Tikerakdjuak point, Nettilling lake, on July 4. A breeding pair was met 
with south of Tikerakdjuak point on July 26. On July 31, 1910, Hantzsch 
made the following entry in the diary: “Determined as a not rare breeding 
bird several hours distant in the interior of the country”. Presumably 
was referring to the district east or southeast of Tikerakdjuak point where 
the country is low and rolling, and there are many patches of tundra and 
numerous ponds. Four highly incubated eggs were found on August 1. 
Hantzsch states that on a hunting trip from Tikerakdjuak point to Amad- 
juak lake, this species was met with in great numbers, singly or in pairs. 
This statement apparently was based on the report of his Eskimo, as 
another part of the diary indicates that the Eskimo alone made this trip. 
Hantzsch writes that at the end of August this species is the characteristic 
bird on the tundra southwest of Nettilling lake. None was observed at 
Koukjuak river in early September. 
61. Charadrius semipalmatus (Bonaparte), semipalmated plover. 
Eskimo: Kudlekaleak. 
This is the common plover of Baffin island. During the summer of 
1924 a few were seen on grassy flats about the fiords of Cumberland sound, 
but the species is not there. 
In 1925 the first to appear at Nettilling lake was a company of three 
on June 9. They frequented the drier, snow-free ridges near the lake 
shore. By June 20 the species had become tolerably common. Their call 
consists of a loud, sharp note like creese, creese, creese or creep, creep, creep 
repeated rapidly during flight. On June 15 the nuptial flight song of the 
male was first heard. The notes resemble the word krit — a loud, far- 
reaching and complaining utterance with a soft, rolling burr of notes at 
the finish, i.e., Krit-krit-krit-krit-krit-krit-krit-kr-kr-r-r-r-r-rrrr. This is 
repeated at frequent intervals, the bird descending to the ground after 
each performance. 
A set of eggs, practically fresh, was collected on June 21. The nest 
was merely a shallow depression in sandy ground near the lake, with only 
a few shreds of dried moss in the bottom. Two days later a colony of 
three nesting pairs was discovered on a sand spit in Koukdsunittuk bay. 
Two nests contained one egg each, and the other three. The nests were 
cup-like depressions in the sand, without lining, except a few fragments 
of old caribou-moss scattered over the bottom. The female's cry now 
was a sharp, high-pitched Kur-r-r-r reep or sir - reese, fretful, and repeated 
with monotonous regularity. The first juvenile was observed on July 30, 
still in the downy stage and unable to fly. At the same time a flock of 
five, noisy adults was observed flying aimlessly about; possibly thus 
exhibiting the earliest tendency to autumn flocking. The species was only 
sparingly observed during early August. The last seen for the season was 
observed August 17 on Takuirbing lake. 
At cape Dorset the first arrivals, four in all, were observed on June 3, 
1926. By June 7 the species had become quite common and as many as 
a dozen or more would be met with in the course of a few hours’ tramp. 
Nearly all were frequenting sandy bars along the seashore, now free of 
