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on Kruzof Island, August 26, 1913, but did not note the species further. Two 
specimens were secured at Sitka by Bischoff (Dali & Bannister, 1869, P- 292). 
Totaixus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs. Taken at Sitka by Kittlitz 
(1858, p. 250)., and Bischoff (Dali & Bannister, 1869, p. 292). 
Totanus flavipes. Yellow-legs. The only time I noted this species in the 
region was on July 24, 1912, when a flock of about a dozen birds was seen at the 
lake on Biorka Island, and two specimens secured. It has been previously re- 
corded from Sitka by Kittlitz (1858, p. 258), and Bischoff (Dali & Bannister, 
1869, p. 292). 
Heteractitis incaims. Wandering Tattler. Frec|uently seen around rocky 
islands. Most plentiful on Kruzof. 
Tryngites subruficollis. Buff-breasted Sandpiper. One specimen secured at 
Sitka by Bischoff' (Dali & Bannister, 1869, p. 293). 
Actitis macularius. Spotted Sandpiper. Common in late summer and fail on 
Kruzof Island and at head of Silver Bay. Occasionally noted in other localities. 
The 1907 Alexander Expedition secured an adult and a downy young at Port 
Frederick, Chichagof Island, July 27, and Dixon noted a pair that evidently had 
eggs or young near a stream at the head of Idaho Inlet, the same island, July 20- 
25 (Grinnell, 1909, p. 202). 
Numenius hudsonicus. Hudsonian Curlew. Regular migrant but not very 
plentiful. I noted the species several times in late summer and fall, and Merrill 
has taken it in spring. 
Squatarola sqiiatarola. Black-bellied Plover. Apparently a regular migrant 
in small numbers. Noted several times on Kruzof Island in late summer and 
fall. A large flock was also seen near Killisnoo, Admiralty Island, September 5, 
1913. Bischoff took three specimens at Sitka (Dali & Bannister, 1869, p. 290), 
and an adult male in summer plumage v>/as taken by Bean (1882, p. 163) June 
8, 1880. 
Charadriiis dominicus dominicus. Golden Plover. Rather rare migrant. 
Bischoff took the species at Sitka (Dali & Bannister, 1869, p. 289), and Grinnell 
(1898, p. 127) records an immature male taken by Professor Hindshaw August 
16, 1896. Merrill secured a male in a swamp near Sitka, May 21, 1908. A single 
bird of this species was seen by Merrill and myself at an altitude of over 4000 
feet in the Great Eastern Mountains, Baranof Island, September 18, 1913. It was 
flying over the snow banks and glaciers and seemed considerably out of its natural 
element. 
Aegialitis semipalmata. Semipalmated Plover. Very commion migrant. Fall 
migration begins late in July and continues through September. 
Aphriza virgata. Surf Bird. During the two summers spent in the region, 
I failed to find this species, though it was particularly sought for, so it is ap- 
parently not plentiful. Bischoff secured four specimens near Sitka (Dali & Ban- 
nister, 1869, p. 290), and Grinnell (1898, p. 127) took sixteen birds from a flock 
on a rocky islet, July 21, 1896. 
Arenaria interpres morinella. Ruddy Turnstone. Rare migrant. I secured 
a specimen on Kruzof Island, August 12, 1912. Two or three others were seen 
at the same time. They were with a large flock of the next species on a sandy 
beach. 
Arenaria melanocephala. Black Turnstone. Abundant migrant. Noted oc- 
casionally during the summer months. These birds are known to the local hun- 
ters as “plover” and are killed in large numbers, as they gather in big flocks and 
