Alaska eggs and nests notes, v4497
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26 advanced. 27 Fresh. 28 one fourth. B. Belljohn -29- 132. Anas hoschas 2/5 14 July 1907, Glacin Bay, Alaska Rest on the ground under a low flattened within on a small island (one of the Beardslee Islands), & flushed from nest, Incubation just commenced Nest of moss, 7 inches wide, 3 deep, well cupped, Frank Stephens -30- 12. Bonda cirrhata 3/4 16 July 1907, Glacin Bay, Alaska. Nest in a burrow near top of a sand and gravel cliff on a small island. Face of cliff was bare and summit covered with sod, which overhanging the edge. The burrow entered under the edge of the sod, and was about four feet deep to the back end. The nest was about 2 1/2 feet below the surface, and consisted of a few straws in the bottom of the burrow. Incubation advanced to feathers on embryo. Frank Stephens