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Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanum) 
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Jurrent Status : Regular migrant in small numbers. 
Prior Records : The species was not noted by Isenbeck in March 1828, but a 
few were seen by Palmer in late June I89I (Rothschild, 1893-1900). Wetmore 
(unpub. notes, 1923) saw a maximum of five in May 1923. 
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Population : From 10 to 24 Individuals have been seen on four of the six 
POBSP visits to Llsianskl. A fev birds are found in every month of the year 
on Kure Atoll, 500 miles to the northwest, and there is no obvious seasonal 
peak in numbers. 
Tattlers have only been seen on the beaches at Llsianskl, and in March 
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1965 vere seen chiefly along the rocky eastern beach. Twelve vere seen in 
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March 1963* ten fesch In March and August 1964, and 2k in March 1965. 
Range : Breeds in the interior of Alaska from Mount McKinley south to Prince 
William Sound and east to Yukon and northwestern British Columbia. Apparently 
nests in the Anadyr range of northeastern Siberia. Non-breeding birds are 
found in summer in the Philippines, Guam, and Hawaii; also on the Pacific 
Coast of America south to Baja California, Cocos Island, and the Galdpagos. 
Winters on the Pacific coast of America from southern California south to 
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Revilla Gigedo, Galapagos and Ecuador; also from the HaWalians, Marianaf 
and Philippines south to Fiji, Samoa, theL Societies, and the Tuamotu 
Archipelago. Migrates chiefly over water with transients recorded from 
Amchitka and Nome, Alaska. Casual Inland in North America, and from the 
Bonin and Volcano islands, Japan, Marcus, the.Ryukyu Islands, and Formosa 
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to Rev Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand. (A0U Check-list of North American 
Birds, 1957). 
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Other Specimens : USNM 301020, ?, 19 May 1923j USNM 301021, 9, 16 May 1923. 
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PQBSF Specimen : USNM 493202, c f, 12 March I963. • 1 
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