P. DeBenedictis 1965 Charadrius Mongolicus 30 June Barrow, Alaska ~ found a single plover out in central marsh which I could not recognize. It was 1st seen on a ridge out in the marsh in fair light and when I got to about 80 feet away it got up and flew to the Beach Ridge and landed on a table where I could see it against a dark bare ground; as I approached it jumped up and landed with a group of Golden Plovers and I could see it against the sky; when I approached further it got up and flew out into the marsh where I lost it. I never got closer than about 80-100 feet. It was clearly a plover, smaller than a Golden (larger than a Semipalmated (about the size of a Pintail)), and its bill was proportionally the same size as a Golden Plover and appeared thin. Basically it was uniform dark sandy brown or grayish-brown and ventrally it was white except for a dull buffy-gray band across the breast, wider on the sides than medially. It had a black line through the eye but I didn't notice any other markings; in flight it showed a fairly strong, slant wing stripe and the sides of its tail (outer rectrices) were lighter than the centers of the tail; the rump was apparently somewhat lighter than the back so it looked white-rumped the 1st but not the other 2 times I saw fly. The only call I heard was a roll rather like the display note of a Dowitcher. Went back in the afternoon to try and get it but Dr. P. Telka missed; it is only slightly larger than a Phalarope and the breast band appeared buffier; its bill was black, as noted in the am, and its legs also appeared to be black.