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In 1925, I took three specimens of ruddy, turnstones at St. 

 Catherine Cove, Unimak Island — others were seen, including one 



at False Pass. 



Wetmore observed them at King's Cove in August 1911; Mc- 

 Gregor (1906) noted them on Unimak Island, August 14, 1901, 

 and he obtained two specimens on Amaknak Island, August 17. 



Laing (1925) found 10 of these birds at Unalaska on August 8, 

 1924, and collected 3. Cahn (1947) saw one ruddy turnstone, in 

 company with other sandpipers, at Summer Bay, Unalaska Is- 

 land, July 18, 1944. 



Gabrielson found small groups of ruddy turnstones at Amchitka 

 in September 1944. 



Littlejohn (1887-88) wrote "Plentiful in the fall at Sanakh 

 where some remain during winter. They are very fat and tooth- 

 some. Also numerous at Morzhovoi Bay." 



We found small flocks at Ogliuga and Skagul Islands, on July 

 23 and August 5, 1936, and the following year they were seen 

 again at the same place on July 27 and on August 4. One speci- 

 men was taken. On June 5, 1937, we saw 1 on Kiska Island ; on 

 July 31, we saw 1 on West Unalga; and on August 2, we saw 12 

 on Ilak Island. 



Turner (1886) says "The turnstone is of more frequent occur- 

 rence in the region about the shores of Bristol Bay, the Alaska 

 Peninsula, and the Aleutian Islands ; perhaps more common on the 

 western islands of that chain than to the eastward. I saw indi- 

 viduals at Attu, Amchitka, Atkha, and in the vicinity of Belkov- 

 sky village." And he adds: "They do not arrive on the Aleutian 

 Islands until the middle of May, and none were observed any- 

 where after the 1st. of October." 



Nesting throughout this region was not established. Stejneger 

 (1885) states, concerning the Commander Islands, that they are 

 at least migrants, and that possibly some of them breed. 



Arenaria melanocephala: Black Turnstone 



Bretherton (1896) found the black turnstone breeding on 

 Kodiak Island, and Friedmann (1935) lists a number of other 

 records for that island. Osgood (1904) collected one black turn- 

 stone at Lake Clark, base of Alaska Peninsula, July 23, 1902, 

 and observed others at Nushagak. He also mentions specimens 

 taken in June, July, and August, at and near Nushagak and 

 Ugashik, by McKay and Johnson. 



During August, Hine (1919) found these birds at Kashvik Bay 

 in increasing numbers ; by August 25, they were one of the most 



