Remsen, J.V. 1977 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subrufiollis Sept. 6 Point Reyes, Marin Co., Calif: 1 along Drakes Beach Rd. where it had been seen late yesterday afternoon. We arrived at 0715 while the fog was still dense and visibility limited to about 50ft. We didn't find the bird until ~ 0930 when the fog began to lift. We then watched it nearly continuously for the next hour or so, but the bird was extremely wary and would not allow approach closer than 100+ ft. It spent most of its time with 3 killdeer, but split off from these during the last 15 minutes of observation. The overall shape of the bird was very distinctive - long neck and small head plus very tapering, pointed posterior and long legs. It walked rather rapidly and erratically - not as deliberate and unidirectional as plovers. It was noticeably smaller than the accompanying killdeer but much small larger than a p.eep - perhaps Pectoral size but with long legs. (crown slightly dull) The head, neck, and chest were a pale buffy-tawny - very conspicuous; the back and wings were a buffy brown, darker than the head and chest - we never got close enough to see the details of the back feathering but it appeared scaly. The belly and undertail coverts were whitish - not buffy as shown (incorrectly) by field guides. The legs were bright yellow and long for the body size. The underwings were white in flight but not as gleaming white as I had remembered Alaska birds; nor was the dark area near the bend of the wing as conspicuous. The bill was rather short and blunt, but we couldn't get close enough to see the feathering extending along the sides of the lower mandible which give the