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A single individual was seen on 22 May 1987 at Chagvan Bay (D. F. 

 Parmclce and J. M. Parmclec, unpublished). One bird was seen at Togiak 

 Lake on 3 August 1973, and one was seen in the Kilbuck Mountains near 

 the Aniak River on 31 July 1986. In 1985, one bird was seen each day of 

 21 and 22 June at the Eek River, one bird each on 8, 9, and 12 August, 

 and 1-5 birds on 13 August at the Kisaralik River (M. Brown et al., 

 unpublished). 



Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), VRspm, VRsr, Rfm. 



A few pectoral sandpipers migrated along the coast and nested there 

 in some years. We found pectoral sandpipers during spring migration at 

 Nanvak Bay only in 1976 (l6, 23, and 24 May); D. R. Herter et al. (personal 

 communication) found one there on 13 June 1984. Bull (in Friedmann 

 1933) found nesting birds at Goodnews Bay in 1933 and B. Huffmon 

 (personal communication) reported them nesting there more recently, 

 but we did not find them in June-July 1974. We found a few flocks of one 

 to five birds in Nanvak Bay in fall (five birds between 1 1 and 24 September 

 1973 and five birds 13 August 1976). D. R. Herter and D. Lloyd (^rsonal 

 communication) saw one bird there on 5 August 1981. 



Sharp-tailed sandpiper (Calidris acuminata). Rfm. Specimens: 

 UAM2632 and UAM3174. 



We recorded 1-14 sandpipers each day at Nanvak Bay on 26 August 

 1970 and 6 days between 7 and 24 September 1973. Birds were flushed 

 from beach rye (Elymus arenarius mollis) or along brackish ponds 

 adjacent to the bay. 



Rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis), Cspm, Asr, Afm (23 April- 

 1 October). Specimens: UAM2635, UAM2636, RSM 1974/ 119/18, and 

 RSM1974/1 19/03. 



This species migrated along the coastal portion of the study area in 

 spring and fall and nested along the coast and on offshore islands. T. J. Eley 

 (unpublished) found flightless young on Round Island on 14-23 July 1974. 

 P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald (personal communication) found birds 

 on Round, Summit, Crooked, and Hagemeister islands in July 1977. 



We found breeding birds at Goodnews Bay, Nanvak Bay, and Cape 

 Peirce in dwarf shrub mat habitat. In 1973, rock sandpipers first arrived 

 at Nanvak Bay on 28 April, and most individuals were in prealtemate molt 

 and on territories at Cape Peirce (MHD photo) by 5 May. At Cape Peirce 

 in 1970, 1973, and 1976, we found nests with eggs between 27 May and 

 20 June, broods between 17 and 28 June, and adults gone from the nesting 

 area by 25 July; H. P. Brokaw (unpublished) found a nest there with four 

 eggs on 26 June and a downy young on 28 June 1970. At Chagvan Bay 



