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was seen on the lower Togiak River in August 1973- We observed fall 

 migrants at Goodnews, Chagvan, Nanvak, and Togiak bays from 28 June 

 to 26 September. At Nanvak Bay, birds were recorded daily with the 

 largest number (J2) seen on 20 July 1976. R. Gill, Jr., and B. Conant 

 (unpublished) observed two birds at Goodnews Bay during an aerial 

 survey on 1 October 1979. 



Pacific golden-plover (Pluvialis fulva). Rspm, Rsr, Cfin (7 May- 

 1 October). Specimens: RMS 1962/36/06 and RMS1962/36/07 (both col- 

 lected near Bethel, Alaska). 



Pacific golden-plovers migrated along the coast, nested in coastal 

 areas and in the Ahklun Mountains, and were found in the Kilbuck 

 Mountains. We foimd plovers during spring migration at Cape Peirce in 

 1973 (<15 birds per day on 6 days, 7-17 May) but not in 1976. B. J. 

 McCaffery (personal communication) found golden-plovers at the Kis- 

 aralik River on 17 June 1987. M. Brown et al. (unpublished) found one 

 to five birds per day at the Kisaralik River on 10 and 15-19 August 1985, 

 one to five birds per day at the Kwethluk River on 11-13, l6, 18-19, 25, 

 and 27 July 1985, and one bird per day at the Eek River on 24-26 June 

 1985. Based on the description in Connors (1983) and specimens col- 

 lected at Bethel, territorial golden-plovers in our area are most similar to 

 P. fulva. They nested at Platinum, (downies and adults; DNW photo) and 

 possibly at the Kinegnak River (near Goodnews Bay), Chagvan Bay, and 

 Cape Peirce. At Platinum, we found an "anxious" pair on 13 June 1974 

 and two pairs and a female with two downies on 3 August 1988. One bird 

 performed a distraction display on the lower slopes of Slug Mountain on 

 10 June 1973, and another pair was seen there. D. R. Herter et al. 

 (personal communication) also found birds at Cape Peirce on 28 June 

 1984. Territorial pairs and spring migrants used dwarf scrub mat and grass 

 meadows along gentle slopes of hills and mountains. Fall migrants were 

 common on the Cape Peirce peninsula and intertidal flats at Nanvak Bay 

 between 16 August and 25 September. Our highest fall count there was 

 41 birds on 19 September 1973- Golden-plovers were seen at Platinum 

 in fall on 23 July 1974 and 15 July 1980 and at the Togiak River on 7 

 August 1973. Thirty birds were observed during an aerial survey of the 

 coast at Jacksmith Bay and 3 at Nanvak Bay on 1 October 1979 (R. Gill, 

 Jr., and B. Conant, unpublished). 



Mongolian plover (Chartidrius mongoliis). VRsr. 



Bull collected an adult male Mongolian plover (in Friedmann 1934) 

 and three eggs (in Friedmann 1936) at the mouth of Bamum Creek on 

 Goodnews River on 10 June 1933. A single bird was seen at Nanvak Bay 

 on 5 June 1973. 



