Alaska Species Accounts, Part. 2, v4425
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Dorothicus leucophrys 14 June Made River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°24'N, Alaska A bird singing from the census plot north of St. A.M. in the afternoon saw two together right along the edge of the bluff. One singing by the coal mine. 20 June One more singing from the village. Song from near the coal mine. 21 June Found a nest with 4 eggs under a tussock of Elymus in a patch 1/3 foot tall Salix pulchra by the coal mine. The female bird flushed gave no distraction display and was very inconspicuous. A bird singing along the river by the 1/3 ridge in the A.M. 22 June 5/7/ 4 eggs in the nest, a bird on. 26 June " " " " " " " " A bird singing in the willows across the Pleade opposite the census plot. 27 June At least one in the willows opposite camp. 28 June Still incubating. Its tighter than before, 30 June Still incubating. Birds occasionally singing from the far side of the pleade. 3 July The nest has yours now, but they are sweet, not sure two days old.) probably only one. Beak seen near the start of Phil's transect in the mid afternoon 4-5 July Occasionally singing from the far side of the Pleade 6 July Still 4 small young in the nest, all downy. One bird incubating.