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8. Oidemia deglandi Bonaparte White- winged Scoter 
A single adult female taken at Teal pond July 3. 
Specimen: Adult female, July 3. Should say a very old female. Head nearly 
completely black with only faintest suggestion of light facial spots. Bill comparatively 
long and slender, but not noticeably spatulate as postulated for 0 . d. dixoni. 
9. Cygnus columbianus (Ord.) Whistling Swan 
May 8 near Heney glacier on railway two swans rose near train when 
it was stopped, and winged silently away. On May 14 while party camped 
on river gravel, whistling swans heard calling from opposite side of Chitina. 
Doubtless merely resting here in migration. 
10. Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus) Northern Phalarope 
On May 21 two northern phalaropes, plainly a pair, taken in small 
pot-hole hidden in willows on lower part of Chitina moraine. 
Specimens: Male and female, May 21. 
11. Gallinago delicata (Ord.) Wilson’s Snipe 
On May 8 two or three routed from marsh at Naval Radio station 
near Cordova. Later two seen at Chitina Station. June 6 at Hubriek’s 
camp shrivelled body of Wilson’s snipe found beside stream in nearby 
canyon; dead some time. 
12. Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot) Least Sandpiper 
May 10 single tiny sandpiper seen at gravelly stream at McCarthy, 
almost certainly a least. 
13. Totanus flavipes (Gmelin) Lesser Yellow-legs 
May 8 six seen at Chitina Station. On May 9 and 10 seen and heard 
at McCarthy. First observed on Chitina July 3; evidently breeding 
nearby. Juveniles and one or two adults seen at same pond later in month. 
On August 5 a juvenile taken from a lynx at Teal pond. 
Specimens: Adult male, July 3. Juvenile female, July 13. 
The adult male an unusually small bird; juvenile female considerably larger. 
14. Tringa solitaria (Wilson) Solitary Sandpiper 
Frequented stream at McCarthy May 9, 10, and 11. First noted on' 
Chitina June 24, and on July 3 a juvenile taken; evidently close to its 
breeding ground. Common at Teal pond from this date, always frequent- 
ing muddy margins, though met once at a pool in woods nearby. 
Specimens: 1, male adult, May 11. 
2, female, adult, July 3. 
3, sex?, juvenile, July 22. 
4, male, juvenile, July 22. 
In view of question as to validity of subspecies T . s. cinnamomeus expressed by Swarth 
(Birds of Atlin Region, Univ. Calif. Pub. in Zoo!., vol. 30, pp. 70-72, 1926) advisable to 
discuss species at some length. 
Since Mr. Brewster described cinnamomeus in 1890 it has been evident that in extreme 
west, and for an indefinite distance eastward from mountains, birds of this species occur 
with characters not commonly shared by those of east. That birds identical with typical 
eastern ones commonly occur with them confuses decision, but may be due either to incon- 
stancy of distinguishing characters or to intermingling of different racial strains in migra- 
tion. Little is known of distribution of the two forms and at present we are able to 
ascribe only vague and hypothetical breeding ranges to them. So far all definitely 
proved nesting birds have been from more southern parts of breeding range of species and 
all nesting birds that have been critically examined and reported upon have been of 
eastern or solitarius type. Doubtful if a nest of cinnamomeus ever observed or taken. 
