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Greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleucd). Uspm, Asr, Ufin 

 (30 April- 4 October). Specimens: UAM2678 and RMS 1962/36/1 5. 



Greater yellowlegs migrated along the coastal portion of the study 

 area and used rivers and streams throughout the study area. We found 

 breeding birds at the Salmon River, the Tuluksak River (scolding adults, 

 DNW photo), the Kisaralik River, and the Togiak River and migrants at 

 Cape Peirce and Nanvak Bay. Birds probably nested at Kagati Lake (M. J. 

 Fry, unpublished). Yellowlegs were seen in summer at the Kisaralik River 

 (16-21 June 1982 [B.J. McCaffery, personal communication]; 17 August 

 1985 [M. Brown et al., unpublished]), at the Kwethluk River (12-27 July 

 1985; M. Brown et al., unpublished), at Kanektok River (White and Boyce 

 1978), and at the Eek River (R. Baxter, unpublished; 18-29 June 1985 

 [M. Brown et al., unpublished]). D. R. Herter et al. (personal communi- 

 cation) saw a bird at Cape Peirce on 25 June 1984, and P. D. Ameson and 

 D. B. McDonald (personal communication) saw a bird at Crooked Island 

 on 27 June 1977. We found two to five pairs of birds each year at the 

 Tuluksak River at freshwater marshes near major streams. 



We found groups of one to three birds at Nanvak Bay each spring 

 (30 April-29 May) and fall (5 August-24 September). Peak numbers 

 (6-49 birds) generally occurred between 15 and 29 August, and few 

 birds were seen in late September. Forty-five yellowlegs were in 

 Chagvan Bay on 4 October 1980 (R. Gill, Jr., and R. King, unpublished). 

 Yellowlegs were generally gone from the Tuluksak River by 1 1 August 

 1977. 



Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), VRv, Rsr? (29 May-4 August). 

 Specimen: WFB864. 



We saw a few pairs at the Tuluksak, Kisaralik, and Kanektok rivers. 

 Mindell (1983) found them uncommon in the Nyac area, and M. Brown 

 et al. (unpublished) found one bird each on 15 and 18 August 1985 at the 

 Kisaralik River. R. Baxter (unpublished) found birds at the Eek River in 

 August 1976, and J. L. Hout (personal communication) found them at the 

 Kanektok River in August 1973. At the Tuluksak River, six pairs were 

 found in 1962, four pairs in 1974, two pairs in 1976-79, and no birds in 

 1980-81, 1983, or 1986-87 along 48 km of major streams. Birds were 

 found at Cape Peirce in 1976 (10 June-12 July; this study), and 1984 

 (16 June; D. R. Herter et al., personal communication). 



Solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria). VRv, Usr (19 May-24 Au- 

 gust). Specimen: RMS 1962/36/1 2. 



Sandpipers were occasionally seen in the coastal portion of the study 

 area and nested in the Kilbuck Mountains. We saw one bird at Cape Peirce 

 on 19 May 1976, as did D. R. Herter and D. Lloyd (personal communica- 



