Alaska species accounts, part 2, v4406
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Childs 1958 30 June Pitmegea River, Cape Sabine, Alaska note purheat, a single syllable not like a piglet at home. The habitat was a plateau above a fair size stream (One mile creek), a rocky, wind blown area. It was not dissimilar from the spot where I got the other one, i.e. rocky, near the edge of a steep precipice, and high relatively speaking from the surrounding area. 3 July Pitmegea River, 5 miles SE Cape Sabine, Alaska Collected me and several others seen on bluffs along river. One shot on river bank. Anton seen near camp. 6 July Fairly common along river and on top of mountain 7 miles up north fork of Pitmegea. 8 July Fairly regular along the river. 12 July Few, and quiet now 13 July Many on mountain up Northfork 22 July Pitmegea River, 7 mi SE Cape Sabine, Alaska a few seen along the river 9 July Pitmegea River, Cape Sabine Alaska Occasional pygmy ant wagtails, four passed through while we were returning. Two pygmy near Tent today. They separate one another quite closely at distance of perhaps.