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bul many singly or in small companies. Most of the birds were 

 flying about in an aimless sbri of way, bul many were on the water. 

 When we were aboul 5 miles from the coast the birds began to 

 gel less frequent and finally disappeared. 



LOBIPES LOBATUS (Linnaeus). 

 NORTHERN PHALAROPE. 



The Northern Phalarope was common on the pools in the marshes 

 on Bering Island, bul was not hum with anywhere else. 



Family SCOLOPACIM). 



ARQUATELLA MARITIMA COUESI Ridgway. 

 ALEUTIAN SANDPIPER. LAJDINIJ KULIK. 



The Aleutian Sandpiper was very common on the Aleutian Islands, 

 especially a1 Atka, Agattu, and Attn, and was also found on the 

 Commander [slands. If frequents the more rocky portions of the 

 shores, where it is usually very tame, and is abundant in the inland 

 marshy districts and along the swampy banks of the streams. The 

 cry is loud and clear, bearing a striking resemblance to the call of the 

 Flicker (Coloptes auratus). At Attn and Agattu I found them most 

 abundant, occurring everywhere in the marshy lowlands and along 

 the shore, singly or in pairs. At Attn, although more common in the 

 lowlands than anywhere else, they were found high up on the moun- 

 tains wherever the snow had melted sufficiently to uncover the moss 

 underneath. They were frequently seen about a large bare patch on 

 the summit of one of t he mountains to t he left of the harbor entrance. 

 On the side of one of 1 hese mountains, Too feel or more above the val- 

 ley, 1 found a nesi of this species with four eggs, near an extensive 

 patch of snow. The nesi was deep cnp-sha ped , with the edges even 

 with the surrounding moss; the eggs were brownish olive, rather 

 dark, spotted and blotched, chiefly at the larger end, with deep brow n 

 and purplish gra\ . 



PISOBIA DAMACENSIS(Horsfield). 



LONG-TOED STINT. 



I found this trim little species rather common in the large swamp 

 at Bering [sland, where specimens were secured. 



HETERACTITIS INCANUS (Gmelin). 

 WANDERING TATLER. TSCHORNIJ KULIK. 



This species was seen al Unalaska near Dutch Harbor, at Agattu, 

 and at Ann, but was nowhere common. The specimens brought 

 back are from I fnalaska, 



