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48. Totanus fflavipea (Gmel.)- Yellow-legs. 



Totanus flavipes, A. O. TI. Ch. List, 1895, 93.— Coues, Key, 1890, 638.— Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 XXIV, 1896, 431.— ElDGWAY, Man. 1896, 166. 



On June 11, 1890, 1 walked up to a flock of godwits, feeding in the village pond 

 on St. Paul, to see bow close I could get to them. Feeding with them, a dwarf among 

 giants, I looked down on a bird of this species. Having only my cane gun, and being 

 but 15 feet off, I aimed just over its back, hoping to secure it without much damage, 

 but it flew away uninjured with the godwits and failed to return when they did. 

 Apparently this species is not otherwise known from Bering Sea. 



49. Heteraotitis incanus (Gmel.). Wandering Tattler. 



Heteroseelu8 incanus, CouES, in Elliott's Rpt. Aif. Alaska, 1873; Reprint, 1875, 187; Key, 1890, 



643.— Elliott, Mon. Seal Ids. 1882, 130. 

 Heteractitis incanus, Townsend, Cruise Corwin, 1887, 100.— A. O. U. Ch. List, 1895, 95. — 



Shaupe, Cat. B. Br. Mns. XXIV, 1896, 4,53.— Ridgway, Man. 1896, 168. 



A migrant; I saw none in May except at Uualaska. It is the first species to 

 return in the fall; adult birds, July 10, and afterwards. Usually in pairs on the surf- 

 swept rocks, but sometimes seen — usually the brownish, unbarred, and less wary 

 immature — on open sandy places, and sometimes with the tiirnstones on a sandy 

 beach. They are not sliy, but are seldom noticed when perched on the wet rocks 

 which harmonize so well with their color. Solitary birds remain quiet and unseen, 

 and will permit one to approach quite close, frequently startling us as they get up 

 suddenly, almost under our very feet, and uttering their loud, shrill cry, flying off to 

 another resting place. But when two are together it is difficult to stalk them, as one 

 is sure to tattle. No. 62249, May 27, 1872, St. Paul, H. W. B. Xo. 106521, 9 , June 8, 

 1885, Otter Island, 0. H. T. No. 118854, 3 , July 29, 1890, St. Paul, W. P. No. 

 115855, ? , July 31, 1890, St. Paul, W. P. 



50. Numenius hudsonicus Lath. Hndsonian Curlew. 



Numenius hiid$onicua, CouES, Key, 1890, 645. — A. O. U. Ch. List, 1895, 97. — Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mns. XXIV, 1896, 364.— Ridgway, Man. 1896,171. 



Probably a regular migrant. Mr, P. A. Lucas saw one at very close range on 

 St. Paul, on July 16, 1897. 



51. Numenius borealis (Forst.). Eskimo Curlew. 



Numenius borealis, CouES, in Elliott's Rpt. Aff.. Alaska, 1873; Reprint, 1875, 188.— Elliott, 

 Mon. Seal Ids. 1882, 130.— Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. XXIV, 1896, 368.— A. O, U. Ch. List, 

 1895, '97.— CouBS, Key, 1890, 646.— Ridgway, Man. 1896, 171. 



Mr. Elliott collected a single specimen on St. Paul, which is still the only one 

 I know of from the islands. No. 62448, ad. S , May 26, 1872; wing, 8.18. 



Family CHARADRIIDAE. Plovers. 



52. Charadrius dominicus fulvus (Gmel.). Pacific Golden Plover. 



Charadrius pluvialis, Coinde, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1860, 400. 



Charadrius fulvus, CcuES, in Elliott's Ept. Aff. Alaska, 1873; Reprint, 1875, 179.— Elliott, Mon. 



Seal Ids. 1882, 129. 

 Charadrius dominicus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mas. XXIV, 1896, 195 (part). 

 Charadrius dominicus fulvus. Nelson, Bds. Alaska, 1887, 125.— Coues, Key, 1890, 600.— A. 0. U. 



Ch. List, 1895, 100.— Ridgway, Man. 1896, 174. 



Common, and a migrant. "The single specimen of golden plover preserved by 



