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P. DeBenedictis
1966
Catalogue - II
Meade River Coal Mine, 157°27' W, 70°27' N, Alaska
11 July 1966
> N 502 8' chick Calidris mauri 5.6 gm. light fat. testes 1 mm.
bill, legs dark gray. small yolk sac. probably less than 1 day old.
with 3 other chicks. (502-503)
> N 503 9' chick Calidris mauri 5.1 gm. light fat ovary O
bill, legs dark gray, small yolk sac. probably less than 1 day old
with 3 other chicks. (501, 509)
> N 504 8' chick Calidris mauri 5.2 gm. light fat testes (mm.
bill, legs, dark gray. small yolk sac. probably less than 1 day old
with 3 other chicks (501, 502)
> N 505 9' chick Lagopus lagopus 27.3 gm. no fat. ovary O
probably from nest that hatch 7 or 8 July. Stomach
contents - fruiting capsules of moss [illegible] no insect material.
14 July 1966
> N 506 9' chick Calidris pusillus 12.2 gm. light fat ovary O
(ONLY CHICK FOUND)
attended by 9' (PDeB 509), bill, legs dark gray. found on
dyke in pond sat. 2/2 redium m1 3/1 mangigrind weed
grass [illegible] Salir m 8/6" 6" effective height.
> N 507 8' chick Calidris melanotos 11.6 gm. no fat testes 1.2 mm.
legs dull yellow gray laterally, small yolk sac. with 508 PDeB.
[young of 512 P.D.B.] found on dyke at pond eat 2/2 Salix m1 3/1
> N 508 8' chick Calidris melanotos 10.0 gm. no fat testes 1.0 mm
legs dull yellow, gray laterally, small yolk sac. with 507 PDeB.
stomach only 509
8' imm. Calidris pusillus 25.4 gm. light fat. testes 3 mm.
brood patch - no feathering. light molt all body tracts. Seeding date
mound in pond 2/1 Rubus redium m1 3/1 pke 4 P.K.