1910] Grinnell.—Birds: Alaska Expedition, 1908. 375 
hundred were seen feeding in flocks along tide rips where a 
full-grown bird-of-the-year (no. 1208) was secured August 2; a 
large flock off Latouche Island August 1; abundant along Port 
Nell Juan August 21; still abundant at Knight Island, Sep- 
tember 1 to 3, and Valdez Narrows September 12 to 21. 
Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson Snipe. 
Heller saw two Wilson snipe at Valdez Narrows September 
18, and secured one (no. 1196). 
Pisobia aurita (Latham). Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. 
But two examples of this Asiatic species were seen and both 
secured (nos. 1330, 1331, females) by Heller at Valdez Narrows 
September 18. To make ‘sure of the identification, I sent no. 
1330 to Mr. 1. C. Oberholser, who confirmed the determination 
as above. This species so closely resembles the pectoral sand- 
piper that it may be easily confused with the latter; but the 
abruptly defined, bright chestnut crown-patch boldly black- 
streaked, and the ruddy brown suffusion across the chest and 
along the sides, minutely flecked with dusky, provide distin- 
euishinge characters for P. aurita. The specimens I judge to 
be in first winter plumage, that is, full juvenal carried over. 
This species has been previously recorded from the mainland 
of Alaska only on the shores of Bering Sea. The present is 
apparently the easternmost record for Alaska. 
Pisobia minutilla (Vieillot). Least Sandpiper. 
A sinele female in worn adult plumage from Green Island, 
July 15 (no. 1397), was the only individual observed at the time. 
Several noted at Hanning Bay, Montague Island, July 30. At 
the head of Port Nell Juan the species had become common by 
the middle of August. 
Ereunetes mauri Cabanis. Western Sandpiper. 
Two specimens obtained: no. 1376 (a female in worn adult 
plumage, with many fresh winter*feathers coming in), by Miss 
Kellogg at Northeast Bay, Hinchinbrook Island, July 4; and 
no. 1395 (a male in complete juvenal plumage) by Dixon, July 
