Alaska Species Accounts, Part. 2, v4425
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P. Le Benedicts 1965 Skovorovius pomonivus 16 July Bawoo, Alaska, was also a legg ren on 22 June. This igave a incubation period of 24+ days, and the date for the 2nd egg should be checked; if normal it is probably indicative of a long interval between eggs. 17 July There was 1 chick out of the nest and a piped egg in the Jaque nest found 27 June (with 2 eggs then). The adults still boubbed me. There appear to be two new pairs of jaegeys in the area where the road crosses DOTH creek to the goalwell, and one acts like they came eggs but I have not seen them sitting. Other nests checked with eggs. The 1st nest found can't be located as the marker is gone but the adults are in the area, the nest almost certainly having hatched. 20 July The nest just N of Gouline Ridge contained 1 young and 1 cracked egg. Shells in the nest, but the young bird quite dry. 21 July Checked nests along Wohlschlag and Olson Lagoon. The nest on Pitelka's plot was gone the last time the side nest checked and the fruit in the area, though birds from Holmes' Marsh have moved into the area. The birds in the N part Central Marsh not nesting and no indication of hatch in birds in the East part of the marsh. The pair with a piped egg 16 July now far from nest stalk. The next 3 pairs along the road each had 1 young and 1 egg, this cracked but no hole in 2 cases; a one egg nest in from the road unchanged; the 7 of this pair almost eaten on my head. The 1st brood nest along the lagoon with 1 (probably 2