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Molacit/a flava
21 June Meade River Coal Mine, 157°025'W, 70°24'N, Alaska
The banded ♀ fussing at every the censer plot as usual,
but this time she went on a nest which is under a
large Sapix puching in a clump of eriophorum. It contain
5 eggs and is well feather lined. I'll get lay yet.
The pair near the coal mine seems to be in
its disturbed area rather than by phil's trams
as I had believed. The pair in camp still
incubating, but this flusher, readily and spend
a lot of time off its nest.
22 June Slit 5 eggs. ♀ on, but flushed at a great
distance.
23 June The banded ♀ flushed early and went. 5 eggs.
25 June One across the Meade spp. North bluff.
26 June The stupid bird by camp has laid a 7th egg
while my back was turned. The vassa!!
27 June Trapped the banded ♀ by putting a mouse trap
in part of the nest. She went in twice and out
twice before I got her. Collected its nest. The
band from Hong Kong! Birds still buzzing around
camp.
28 June ♀ still incubating. She still sits very tight.
The 3 on the censer plot singing most of the
morning.
29 June A bird dead near the outlet of the 1st lake or
village creek was the farthest inland I have
observed this species. The bird near camp
now was 8 eggs, but not sure when she laid it.