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communication) also found them at Cape Peirce and Nanvak Bay in 1981 , 

 as did D. R. Herter et al. (personal communication) in June and July 1984. 

 Pairs alarm-called repeatedly in the same areas at Goodnews and Chagvan 

 bays in June and July 1974, and a single bird circled and alarm-called at 

 Nanvak Bay on 10 June 1970. J. L. Hout (personal communication) found 

 five birds near Platinum on 28-29 July 1969. Inland, B. J. McCaffery 

 (personal communication) saw whimbrels on l6 June 1987 at the Kis- 

 aralik River; M. J. Fry (unpublished) saw one bird on 21 July 1962 at Kagati 

 Lake; R. Baxter collected one 8 km north of Eek Lake on 1 1 August 1976 

 (YDNWR, no specimen number). We found whimbrels during fall migra- 

 tion throughout the study area at the KisaraUk River, Goodnews Bay, 

 Chagvan Bay, Cape Peirce, Nanvak Bay, and the Togiak River. Fall migra- 

 tion began as early as 22 June and continued into September; however, 

 most migrants were seen between 14 August and 4 September. Flocks of 

 up to 75 birds were seen in fall at Nanvak Bay; the highest count was 1 16 

 birds on 27 August 1973. 



Bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis), VRv, Rfm. 



In 1962, curlews were seen at Kagati Lake on 1 4 July (three birds), 

 18 July (three birds), and "on another occasion" (M. J. Fry, unpublished). 

 We found them at Goodnews Bay on 1 5 July 1 980, Platinum Spit on 1 7 July 

 1986, and the Togiak River on 9 August 1973, and during fall migration at 

 Nanvak Bay in 1973 (5 days between 25 August and 8 September). D. R. 

 Herter and D. Lloyd (personal communication) saw one bird each day on 

 13 and 14 August 1981 at Nanvak Bay. These observations suggest that 

 bristle-thighed curlews continue their southward migration at least part 

 of the way along the coast after leaving the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and 

 arriving at south-coastal Alaska. 



Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemasticd), Rfin. 



This species was found only along the coast during fall migration. We 

 found a single bird feeding at Nanvak Bay on I6 August 1973, and eight 

 birds fed there on 20 August 1976. Also at Nanvak Bay, D. R. Herter and 

 D. Lloyd (personal communication) found flocks of 10, 3, and 1 birds on 

 21 July, 1 August, and 1 1 August 1981 , respectively, and D. R. Herter et al. 

 (personal communication) found 1 on 9 July and saw 1 or more on 19 July 

 1984. Six distant godwits, probably this species, were traveling south 

 along the coast near Goodnews Bay on 23 July 1974. 



Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica), VRspm, VRv, FCfm (5 May- 

 1 October). 



We saw these godwits twice during spring migration: five birds on 

 20 May 1973 and one bird on 5 May 1976 at Nanvak Bay. White and Boyce 



