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found in company with Turnstones at Unalaska, were taken. 
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Red summer plumage. 
A rather interesting series of birds. Many are still in full grey winter plumage at a season 
when all should be in breeding dress. Some of these grey birds show a few, hidden, red-marked 
feathers coming in along the edge of the scapulars, promising a more reddish appearance shortly. 
The plumage on them otherwise seems perfectly fresh and unworn. On the other hand the 
red plumage on birds of August 8 is much worn and faded. 
The difference between these grey-plumaged birds and eastern A. maritima maritima is very 
slight, consisting of a slight darkening in colour and more solid coloration of the breast. Compared 
with seven east-coast birds they average a little smaller, but at least half of them overlap eastern 
measurements. 
The red-plumaged specimens differ strikingly from any eastern birds. Occasional specimens 
of the latter have a few red feathers in the back, but none has the back so consistently red or the 
breast so intermixed with red. The distinction of these birds from A. m. maritima, unless bridged 
by demonstrable intergradations, may well be regarded as specific. 
A. m. ptilocnemis is a large bird, the smallest wing measurement given by Ridgway for that 
form is 122-5 mm. Of the above specimens only one slightly exceeds that dimension. They 
are, therefore, referred to couesi, the Aleutian Sandpiper. 
Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin). Wandering Tattler 
Found only at Unalaska, where out of four seen three were taken. 
According to Mr. Donald A, Stevenson, the United States game and fur 
warden there, these birds in their season always frequent the particular 
stretch of cobbly shore where they were found. This agrees exactly with 
the habitat picked by the Tattlers where formerly they were met on Van- 
couver island. In its general attitude and its habit of piping shrilly as it 
takes wing, it somewhat resembles a yellow-legs. 
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Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus) (subsp?). Turnstone 
This was the only Turnstone seen. Although the Black Turnstone 
was expected along the inside waters of the British Columbia coast, so 
near its wintering ground about Vancouver island, it was not seen — doubt- 
less because suitable places were not reached by the ship. Turnstones 
were first met August 31, on the return voyage, at Nikolski, Bering island. 
A few small flocks along the beach near the village might have afforded 
specimens, but the local authorities refused permission to shoot. On 
August 8, at Unalaska, ten of the same species were found and three were 
taken. On August 13, near Prince Rupert, three or four single birds were 
seen skimming the waves in the straight, direct flight of the Turnstone, 
