. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1968 Hohn: Birds of Chesterfield Inlet 255. Figure 6. Patch of willow scrub on Rockhouse Island, July 13, habitat of Common Red- polls and Savannah Sparrows. day Koluar and another native came across two downy young less than a week old near Ayaratulik Lake. This species was not recorded by Savile (1951) nor by Sutton (1931). Semipalmated Plover. Charadrms semipal- matiis. Fairly common breeding bird. The first observation was of a pair at Rankin Inlet on June 3. At Chesterfield I did not see it until June 7, but its spring appearance here in 1950 was rather ea
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1968 Hohn: Birds of Chesterfield Inlet 255. Figure 6. Patch of willow scrub on Rockhouse Island, July 13, habitat of Common Red- polls and Savannah Sparrows. day Koluar and another native came across two downy young less than a week old near Ayaratulik Lake. This species was not recorded by Savile (1951) nor by Sutton (1931). Semipalmated Plover. Charadrms semipal- matiis. Fairly common breeding bird. The first observation was of a pair at Rankin Inlet on June 3. At Chesterfield I did not see it until June 7, but its spring appearance here in 1950 was rather earlier June 2 (Savile 1951). A nest on a sandy beach which held three eggs on June 23 had the full clutch of four by the 26. The eggs hatched on July 18 giving an incubation period of twenty-three to twenty-four days. Savile's party in 1950 apparently found several nests and collected a male. Golden Plover. Charadrius domi?iica. Scarce spring and fall transient. The first 1967 sighting was of a flock of six seen on June 2. After this it was only observed on June 6 and 16, in both cases only two birds. Fall passage observations were made by Savile's party in 1950 and by Sutton (1931) in August. Black-bellied Plover. Squatarola squatarola. Scarce spring and fall transient. Two were seen on June 7 and 9, five at Ikalukarjuk Lake on June 12, a fe\v small flocks on Promise Island on June 13, and a single bird at Ayaratulik Lake on June 18. In 1950 the first spring sighting was made on June 8 and the last on June 25, fall passage sight- ings were between August 10 and 31 (Savile 1951). Ruddy Turnstone. Arenaria interpres. Spring and fall transient. One was seen in the Chesterfield garbage dump, which at that season was on the harbour ice, on May 30 at which time the land was still com- pletely snow covered. Others were seen up to June 22, the greatest number seen to- gether being ten. They were usually seen on the beaches among heaps of dead sea- weed. The 1950 spring passage was
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