WANDERING TATTLER. 
As we passed up and down the river during the summer the birds were 
observed on many occasions, both adults and young. Near our camp was 
a muddy spring, a caribou lick, from which flowed a remarkably clean, cold 
brook. A Wandering Tattler often flew by our tent to this spring, evidently 
to feed. Apart from this instance the birds were invariably found on the 
bars, usually near the water’s edge. 
Whenever I approached the home grounds of a Wandering Tattler he 
would fly to meet me and would scold excitedly, uttering a vigorous 
deedle-deedle-deedle-deedle-dee, with variations which I failed to record minutely. 
At such times a whistled “ cheep,” imitating a chick, would bring the excited 
bird within a few feet and photographs were secured in this way. On July 
I saw a young bird, still downy. On August 8th one young bird was fully 
feathered and was seen on several occasions afterwards. The last appearance 
of the Wandering Tattler for the season was on September 19th. There is 
some doubt whether or not this w r as an adult. 
It is unsafe to draw any definite conclusions about the breeding range 
of this species, with nesting data from only one locality . . . Practically 
all the streams emerging from the Alaska Range have certain characteristics 
in common. They are rapid, divided into many channels, flowing through gravel 
formation. Observations indicate that such is the environment chosen by 
the Wandering Tattler. 
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