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the upland plover taken in 1949 and which differed from any other 

 sandpiper they knew. A week later Paneak and I saw two birds 

 which by appearance we could not refer to any other kind of sand- 

 piper than upland plover. Susie Paneak thought she saw one at 

 Pitaich on June 18, 1954. 



There are a few Alaskan records of upland plover. Grinnell (1900, 

 p. 75) did not see one on the Kobuk but mentioned Townsend's (1887, 

 p. 12) specimen from there. It has been reported in west-central 

 Yukon (Kand, 1946) and nesting settlements have been reported in 

 central western Yukon (Buss, 1951). It has also been reported nest- 

 ing in Mount McKinley National Park (Dixon, 1938, p. 77) . Charles 

 Sheldon of Kobuk recognized the illustration and description of this 

 bird and gave me as its Kobukmiut name Nanum hanockdoroagna^ 

 "inland longlegger." I suspect that its occurrence in the mountains 

 is not unique and that it is an occasional visitor from not distant ranges 

 in the ornithologically little known interior of Alaska. 



Actitis macularia (Linnaeus) 



3 males, not pre- 31 May, 14 June weight 30.2, 34.1 , 



served. 35.2 g. 

 2 females 28 May, 6 June weight 37.7, 50.9 g. 



I have frequently seen spotted sandpipers along the Koyukuk Kiver 

 from Settles to Allakaket and on the lower Alatna River. The Nuna- 

 miut recognized a specimen which I had brought from near Bettles, 

 named it Oklaktak, and said it was familiar to them as far north as 

 the arctic coast. In 1952 1 obtained a specimen on Contact Creek near 

 an old caribou skin to which it may have been attracted by the nu- 

 merous blow fly larvae. The bird was fat and its eggs, measuring 3 

 mm. in length, had started development. Another individual was re- 

 ported seen soon afterward. In 1954 a second female was obtained 

 by Simon Paneak and 3 males were weighed. The heaviness of the 

 female indicates it was in laying condition. 



In view of the Nunamiut knowledge of these birds, and with several 

 specimens and records, I consider these spotted sandpipers to have 

 been migrating birds northbound for nesting. They are reported by 

 Kessel and Cade (1958) to be rather common in the Colville Valley. 



Tringa solitaria cinnamomea (Brewster) 



2 males May 17, May 20 weights 55, 54 g. 



These western solitary sandpipers are patterned like a specimen 

 in the U. S. National Museum collected by Dall at Nulato (Dall and 

 Bannister, 1869) . The Nunamiut know the bird as KipilugoksiyooJc, 

 which means "looks for insects." They describe it as a lonely sand- 

 piper found near lakes and in wet places, and seen occasionally in 



