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Chase Littlejohn (manuscript notes for 1887-88) noted that- 

 Many of these seen in the spring going north at Morzhovoi Bay but they 

 do not stop, they take almost the same route as the black brant but do not 

 bother about flying around the sand bar. As they are not seen in the fall 

 they must take some other route. 



A. C. Bent (1927) said— 



On its spring migration the Pacific godwit passes through the Aleutian 

 Islands and the Pribilof Islands on its way to its breeding grounds in 

 northwestern Alaska. I saw two birds on Atka Island on June 13, 1911, 

 probably belated migrants; it has been said to breed near Unalaska, but 

 this seems hardly likely. 



On our own expeditions, we met with this bird only once. On 

 June 5, 1937, we found a flock of 16 Pacific godwits, 2 Hudsonian 

 curlews, and a European turnstone at the south end of Kiska 

 Island. Two specimens of the godwit were taken. 



We have no records for the Alaska Peninsula, and we have no 

 proof of nesting in the Aleutians. According to Stejneger (1885), 

 this bird is a regular migrant in the Commander Islands. 



Limosa haemastica: Hudsonian Godwit 



Osgood (1901) wrote "Nine specimens were taken by Bischoff 

 at Fort Kenai. At least two of these are still in the National 

 Museum — one an adult in breeding plumage, the other in fall 

 plumage." 



A. C. Bent (1927) wrote that "It has been reported from 

 Alaska (Kenai, Nulato, Ugashik, mouth of the Yukon River, and 

 Point Barrow)." 



These observations show that this godwit rarely appeared near 

 the base of Alaska Peninsula. 



Crocethia alba: Sanderling 



Chase Littlejohn (manuscript notes for 1887-88) says "Only 

 three seen during my stay, and these were seen during very cold 

 weather. Twice alone and once with Aleutian sandpipers." He 

 does not mention localities here, but his observations covered the 

 general region from Kodiak to Sanak Island. 



On February 7, 1941, F. L. Beals obtained a male specimen 

 on Amchitka Island. 



Stejneger (1885) reports the sanderling to be a rare migrant 

 in the Commander Islands. 



