Alaska species accounts, part 2, v4404
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1. Code 1959 Calcarius lapponicus 8 June-cont- The following nests were found #1- Schoople fan area- 4 egg nest wedged between 3 turnock, lined with ptarmigan and lengshew feathers- on damp ground of lower fan #2- 6 eggs, bored turnock in turnock preadors on mid fan- lined with ptarmigan feathers #3- on flats between lakes- 6 eggs (one fresh or opening)- bore of turnock under a low willow, lined with ptarmigan feathers, caribou hair- site supplemented by melt-off coats. Peter-Schroeder L.- nests as follows: (1) the nest described under Anthus spinoletta belongs to this species. Finitely found 7 sitting todley on 5 eggs. Eggs are peculiarly cloth and elongate for this species- not pictus. Females clearly seen at few yards. (2)- neste 4 eggs- under 8" willow in loose dry sedge and grass on a ledge- during shrub- moss dry mat on gentle slope of lower fan- east side Peters 1 June Peters-Schroeder- nest 5 egg, (one 8 mm embryo) at base of bison mound on ground with new little lake, Carey, on dry ground, few ptor. feathers.