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Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus) 



The turnstone is described and named at Kobuk, as at Anaktuvuk. 

 At Anaktuvuk specimens have occasionally been taken during migra- 

 tion. With that inland range established and because of their common 

 occurrence at Kotzebue, I accept the Eskimo information as evidence 

 for the migration of some turnstones through Kobuk. 



Aphriza virgata (Gmelin) 



Three specimens were collected by Grinnell (1900) from a flock of 

 six. I did not find that descriptions and pictures of surfbirds were 

 recognized at Kobuk. Grinnell's identification lists the surf bird and 

 his observations suggested to him that it nested there, but for lack 

 of evidence as to the status of the species I designate it a visitor. 



Family SCOLOPACIDAE: Woodcock, Snipe, Sandpipers 

 Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein) 



Sheldon's description, recognition, and name, Nanvjm Jcanochdo- 

 roagna which he described as meaning "inland plover" indicated his 

 familiarity with the upland plover. Townsend's specimen from 

 Kobuk has provided the westernmost and until recently, the only re- 

 port of upland plover in northern Alaska. Tom Brower obtained 

 one specimen for me at Anaktuvuk and I have thought that several 

 Eskimos and I saw them there a few times during the last 10 years. 

 Although I think that the upland plover is known to Kobuk Eskimos, 

 it is included in the avifauna because of Townsend's specimen. 



Tringa solitaria cinnamomea (Brewster) 



The absence of a name for solitary sandpiper at Kobuk probably 

 results from some misunderstanding. Since Grinnell (1900) foimd 

 these sandpipers common they should be known to the observant 

 Eskimos. Solitary sandpipers are occasionally found in spring mi- 

 gration at Anaktuvuk, where they are well known to the Nunamiut. 

 Sidney Peyton found their eggs near Bettles and the birds undoubt- 

 edly nest on the Kobuk and probably along the whole southern water- 

 shed of the Brooks Kange, for they are common at Old Crow, Yukon 

 Territory. 



Heteroscelus incanum (Gmelin) 



Wandering tattlers are well known among the Nunamiut, who find 

 many of them and an occasional nest in the mountains, and we have 

 found them north of Kobuk on the Ahlasuruk (L. Irving and Paneak, 

 1954) . Among Alaskan sandpipers they are so distinctive in appear- 

 ance and habits that Sheldon's name for tattlers, Adlakuk, meaning 

 "stranger" is appropriate, although it differs from the onomatopeic 



