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were collected on the rocky beach at Ikatan Peninsula. These 

 last-mentioned were extremely fat. Local residents said that 

 these birds occur on streams in the vicinity of Becharof Lake. 



Undoubtedly, the wandering tattler nests along the gravel- 

 bordered streams in this region. It was on such a habitat that 

 Adolph Murie and I found a nest in Mount McKinley National 

 Park in 1923, and, considering the available evidence, it is more 

 than likely that the wandering tattler nests along the Alaska 

 Peninsula, on Kodiak Island, and probably on other suitable 

 adjacent islands. It is possible that it nests on many of the 

 Aleutian Islands farther west also. Turner (1886) said: "Among 

 the Aleutian Islands it was observed once on Unalaska, several 

 on Atkha. and twice on Attu." Clark (1910) reported it at 

 Unalaska, Agattu, and Attu Islands, but it was not common. 

 Scheffer saw one at Atka, June 1, 1937. We also noted one on 

 Kiska Island, June 5, 1937, and obtained a specimen on Herbert 

 Island, August 22. 



Stejneger (1885) reported this bird to be common in the Com- 

 mander Islands, and he suspected that it nested there. While 

 visiting those islands, he also obtained a specimen of Heteroscelus 

 brevipes. It is possible that some of our sight records in the 

 Aleutians represent the latter form. It can be expected in the 

 Aleutians, for it has been found on the Pribilofs. 



Totanus melanoleucus: Greater Yellowlegs 



Osgood (1904) described a pair that evidently was nesting at 

 a small pond on the portage trail between Lake Clark and Lake 

 Iliamna. He found the species again at Swan Lake and Mulchatna 

 River, and he mentions two specimens taken by McKay at 

 Nushagak, August 14 to 28, 1881. Hine reported that it com- 

 monly nested along the shore of Katmai Bay (1919). We ob- 

 served two of these birds at Anchorage in 1936, and we were 

 informed by local people that the species nests there. Bretherton 

 said that it occurs on Kodiak Island and that it probably breeds 

 there. Howell reports seeing two birds at Kodiak on May 9, 1944. 

 In 1940, Gabrielson found this bird to be common on Alaska 

 Peninsula; he obtained a specimen, and saw others, at Cold Bay 

 in September 1942. 



We observed three greater yellowlegs on the beach at Port 

 Moller, August 20, 1936. On July 7, 1925, I observed one of these 

 birds circling about on Amak Island, and from July 18 to 24 

 they were common on the marsh at Moffet Cove, Izembek Bay. 



Evidently, this bird nests at the base of Alaska Peninsula, 



