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to the North American list from collecting work done there. The number of 
breeders and regular migrants is only 45 species. The trebling of this by 
wanderers is a fair commentary upon the favorable situation of the Islands as a 
resting place. 
On account of discrepancies in two published reports which were based upon 
a collection made by Messrs. Greeley and Snodgrass in 1897, it seemed desirable 
to examine again the specimens of those species which they were first to secure. 
Through the courtesy of Prof. J. O. Snyder of Leland Stanford University this 
has been possible. The original collection went to that institution but it is found 
now to be sadly depleted. 
Arquatella maritima couesi. Aleutian Sandpiper. Mr. Alvin Seale, writ- 
ing upon the Greeley-Snodgrass collection (Proce. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1898, p. 
139), lists five specimens of this species as having been taken on St. Paul Island, 
August 17 [1897]. Dr. Joseph Grinnell identified the same collection and pub- 
lished a paper thereon in 1901 (Condor, m1, no. 1, p. 19). He omits the Aleutian 
Sandpiper altogether from his list, but includes eight specimens of the Pribilof 
Sandpiper, whereas Seale had given but six of that species. The collection now 
contains but two birds of either species. One of these, no. 3498, a female taken 
July 25, was originally labelled ‘‘cowes’’ but has been changed by H. C. O[ber- 
holser]. to ‘‘ptilocnemis’’. The other, no. 3527, a female taken August 22, was 
originally labelled ‘‘ptilocnemis’’. Since Grinnell failed to find any specimens 
of cowesi in the collection and one of the birds so labelled proves not to be that 
species, it seems safe to assume that the record by Seale was based upon incor- 
rect identification. Fortunately it is not necessary to strike the species from 
the list, because it has been met with two or three times by the junior author of 
this article. One bird, not sexed, was taken on the beach at. the Village, St. 
George Island, Alaska, February 12, 1917; original number, 1004. It is not cer- 
tain that it was the first specimen taken by him. The early record books and 
specimens have gone to the National Museum and are not now readily accessible. 
Pisobia acuminata. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. This species is recorded by 
Seale (op. cit., p. 1389) as having been taken on St. Paul Island, August 19 
[1897]. Grinnell (op. cit., p. 19) refers to it as the second specimen from the 
Pribilofs and as having been taken on August 17. He refers to Bishop’s record 
(N. A. Fauna, no. 19, 1901, p. 66) for St. George Island as the first and in this 
he has been followed. Although the specimen cannot at this date be found there 
seems to be no reason to doubt the correctness of the identification, and the first 
record should be attributed to Seale, not Bishop (Hanna, Bur. Fish. Doe. 872, 
JSD INE oy, LOO Ye 
Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. Seale (op. cit., p. 139) re- 
cords a specimen of this species as having been taken on St. Paul Island, August 
23 [1897]. Grinnell (op. cit., p. 20) refers to the same specimen (no. 3543, Stan- 
ford University) as having been taken on August 17. The specimen bears two 
labels, each of which is dated August 29, 1897. 
Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe. Wheatear. The specimen taken on St. Paul 
Island, August 29 [1897], was recorded by Seale and later by Grinnell. A see- 
ond specimen was taken by Hanna, September 1, 1917, on St. Paul Island and 
was mentioned briefly in the Auk (xxxvir, 1920, p. 249). 
OTHER PRIBILOF SPECIES OF GENERAL INTEREST 
A few rare visitors to the Pribilofs should be mentioned because of their 
