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1301 [[underlined]] Phalaropus hyperboreus [[/underlined]]. 27690. [[female symbol]] & 4 eggs. Youkon June 15. I shot [[female symbol]] as she rose from the nest. Nest on dry ground, ten yards from a [[underlined]] saline [[/underlined]] pool, in a small prairie interspersed with numerous salt pools, & grassy lakes. All of the nests of this species which I have collected, excepting two, (with most of Lockharts) were in similar situations in the same prairie. I saw the place where Antoine Hoale obtained most of Lockharts eggs of this species - these & those I got, were often - indeed generally - placed within one or two yards of each other. Some of the nests were partly hidden by grass, but they were mostly exposed. They were always among grass however, never on bare ground like [[underlined]]
Tringordes [[/underlined]] are. The [[female symbol]] when disturbed flew off silently from the nest, though they were not shy, numbers of them wading in the small pools close to us, & keeping up constantly a noisy cry.

  It was in a very similar situation that I some years since obtained the eggs of [[underlined]] Phal wilsonii [[/underlined]], the nests of which also were placed near each other. [[underlined]] P. hyperboreus [[/underlined]] is decidedly gregarious in the breeding season. I did not find or hear of a single nest at any considerable distance from others. The nest itself is composed of a pretty large amount of fine grass, but nearly flat on top not built up on the sides at all. I send several. I made no great effort to procure the females of all the nests, as it was almost impossible to be sure of the right one among so many, and there was no other bird near, so that there can scarcely be a possibility of mistake in any of the eggs.  K.