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Anaktuvuk is brief and they have not been reported every year. 

 An explicit Eskimo name and apt description of their distinctive 

 plumage by Sheldon indicates their migration through Kobuk, al- 

 though no previous observer had reported them. 



Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus) 



McLenegan (1889) reported seeing godwits on the Kobuk away 

 from the coast. He listed his observations of godwits in the interior 

 under L. hemastica. As Bailey (1948) indicates, lapponica is well 

 known by specimens from the arctic coast and interior of Alaska, but 

 hemastica is known there by only two specimens from Barrow and one 

 attributed to Stoney on the Kobuk. The godwits seen by McLenegan 

 on the interior Kobuk and described and named by Sheldon were 

 probably lapponica. McLenegan's description suggests that they nest 

 there, but I have only found evidence for their Eskimo recognition 

 and name. Until evidence for nesting is available the godwits seen 

 at Kobuk should be considered as migrating lapponica. 



Crocethia alba (Pallas) 



Only McLenegan (1889) had earlier reported sanderlings at Kobuk. 

 Sheldon recognized the appropriateness of their Nunamiut name 

 which means "having no heel," but gave a different Kobuk name, 

 AkpukshooJcti, descriptive of their running on the shore. Since 

 sanderlings can easily be distinguished among sandpipers by descrip- 

 tion, I consider them known to migrate through Kobuk. Few sander- 

 lings have been seen at Anaktuvuk and they are apparently also 

 uncommon at Kobuk. 



Family PHALAROPODIDAE: Phalaropes 



Both phalaropes are well known at Kobuk and Anaktuvuk. Eed 

 phalaropes are so conspicuous in appearance at the time of migration 

 that Sheldon's explicit name and description indicate that in some 

 spring migrations they are seen for a short time at Kobuk in various 

 but not large numbers. 



Family STERCORARIIDAE: Jaegers, Skuas 



Pomarine jaegers had not been earlier reported at Kobuk, but 

 Sheldon knew their odd-shaped tail feathers well and reported them 

 as occasionally seen. Eskimos usually know the three jaegers and 

 their various habits. Sheldon's description gave no evidence for 

 migratory traffic, but suggested that as at Anaktuvuk, the pomarine 

 jaegers which are occasionally seen should be called visitors at Kobuk 

 until some regularity in their appearance is established. 



