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90 THE CONDOR Vol. XIV two or three miles northwesterly from Walden I saw a number of Avocets. I counted five, and am of the opinion that there were at least three pairs there, and also that they had young, though I could not find the latter. 13. Gallinago delicata. Wilson Snipe. Durand saw one in a meadow near Hell Creek, July 4. 14. Totanus flavipes. Yellow-legs. A single bird of this species was seen in a small stream about ten miles south of Yampa, August 3. I also thought I saw one in a slough near Walden, July 19. 15. Actitis macularius. Spotted Sandpiper. The first Spotted Sand- pipers were seen at and about Chambers Lake. June 20 Durand found there a nest with three eggs, and no more had been laid thd next day, so presumably the clutch was complete. One was seen June 22 on Cameron Creek well up toward the pass. The species was seen at Walden, at the lower bridge across the North Platte, and one or two were seen about Lake John. It was at a small lake just on the Routt County side of Buffalo Pass, at over 10,000 feet altitude. It was abol?t the Bear River at Steamboat Springs, and'August first, while fishing below the town, it was really abundant. I do not think I have ever before seen so many in a given time or space as I did that after- noon; often I saw four or five together. August 2 it was seen occasionally between Steamboat Springs and Phippsburg, and the next day one was seen several miles south of Yampa. One was seen August 7 on Clear Creek below Idaho Springs. 16. Numenius americanus. Long-billed Curlew. A single Curlew ?vas seen in a field about twelve miles south of Fort Morgan... 17. Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. Beginning with my camp at Bi'ou Creek May 22, Killdeer were continually seen between there and Pawnee Buttes, being at ihe last named locality. Then none were seen until near Fort Collins, and it was also seen at that place and a few miles beyond there. Wal- den was reached before more were seen; it was common there-and elsewhere in those portions of the North Park we visited. It was seen at Steamboat Springs; also at Troublesome Creek, Grand County. 18. Podasocys montanus. Mountain Plover. Seen at Cedar Point May 25. May 29 it was occasionally seen between Godfrey and Big Muddy Creek; on the high prairie between Deer Trail and Big Muddy we saw one with two small young, hardly a day old. May 31 it was seen occasionally. June 4, between Raymet and Pawnee Buttes, quite a number were seen. A few miles from Raymet we cam? across a female with two very small young, one of which I photographed several times. It tried hiding. My notes say that while hard to find it was easily seen when once found, for its colors did not blend particularly well with the ground it was on, not as much so as the photograph would lead one to infer. I think photographs often deceive in this respect. The mother bird tried various wounded bird acts while I was working with her baby. One of these was to lay flat on the ground with wings outspread and flutter them, and then flutter along the ground. Near Keota I saw one lying dead under a wire fence, as if it had been killed by striking the wire. June 11 a number were seen several miles east of Ault, most of which were females with young, some with two, some with three. We caught one a week or ten days old and photo- graphed it. The flight feathers were just beginning to come out, and it could run like a ?treak, spreading out its. wings as it did so. The mother did not show