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Farther westward, records are available all the way to Attu. 

 On May 16, 1925, Donald Stevenson saw a bird at False Pass, 

 which he thought was the golden plover. Eyerdam (1936) says 

 "Frequently seen and collected at Unalaska and Unimak Island." 

 Dall (1873) reports a specimen of "Charadrius virginicus, Borck" 

 taken June 22, 1872, at Popof Island, in the Shumagins. Turner 

 (1886) observed a golden plover at Sanak in July 1878, and on 

 May 17, 1879, at Atka Island, he identified the plucked body of a 

 golden plover. Again, in the early part of October 1880, he saw 

 two golden plovers on the beach at Massacre Bay, on the south 

 side of Attu Island. 



Gabrielson obtained specimens at Cold Bay and in the Shu- 

 magins, in 1943 and 1944 respectively. 



On June 3, 1937, we observed a golden plover circling over the 

 stormy sea between Segula and Semisopochnoi Islands. 



The chief of Attu village declared that he knew of the golden 

 plover; he recognized a colored picture of it, gave us the Aleut 

 name, and referred to it as the "gold snipe." He insisted that 

 this plover nests commonly on Attu Island, and that it remains 

 until October. 



The reported nesting on Attu requires verification, but it is 

 safe to say that the golden plover may appear anywhere — as a 

 migrant or nonbreeder, at least, from Kodiak Island to Attu 

 Island, though it does not appear to have been observed in great 

 numbers. 



Stejneger (1885) remarked that "The individuals of fulvus 

 breeding in America migrate in winter along the Asiatic coasts, 

 thus giving evidence of the way in which the species once im- 

 migrated into Alaska." The records here given, however, are 

 proof of a migration along the Alaskan coast. Conover (1945) 

 has shown that both the American and Asiatic forms occur in 

 Alaska, and that fulva predominates on the Bering Sea coast of 

 Alaska. Thus, both forms could occur in the Aleutian district. 



Squatarola squatarola: Black-bellied Plover 



Friedmann (1935) says of the black-bellied plover, "The only 

 Kodiak record I have found is a specimen referred to by Salvin 

 and Godman in their description of this species in their great 

 work on Central American birds." 



Osgood (1904) says "Two black-bellied plover were collected 

 by McKay at Nushagak Aug. 8 to 14, 1881." 



Turner (1886) says "They occasionally occur in the spring 

 migrations on the Aleutian Islands, the more abundantly on the 



