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I.M.Brock
1957
Longspur
2
Atkasuk, Mead River Coal Mine, Alaska
June 19 "limping" along with its tail fanned
out and pointedly down.
June 27 Barrow, Northern Alaska
Nest of four unhatched eggs found
300 feet NW of stake I transect
I. Nest warm and parents staying
within vicinity.
June 29 Nest mentioned above was looked at in the
morning and the first of the four eggs had
been hatched, shells of egg removed.
June 30 In the morning all four eggs had hatched
All shells [illegible] had been removed from the
nest. Three of the young [illegible] had feathers
very slightly fluffed while the fourth must
have just hatched recently.
July 1 One very well grown young longspur
caught and released, was caught by
hand. Bird not yet able to fly. Nest
was found but bird was near
transect IV
A longspur nest was later found
at a very different locality about half
way on transect five and a little north
This nest had three newly hatched young
plus two unhatched eggs.
July 2 A longspur caught in snycetrap line II immediately,
nest to the bird was a fledgling with mouth open.