Alaska Species Accounts, Part. 2, v4425
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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.