Holmes, P. 1963 C. canater 13 june Ogotobuk Creek, Cape Thompson, Alaska Once the bird forwent circling around us in an arrow flight, glided a outstretched (horizatal a slight down-curve) weip, gave a sequence 3-4 double noted "naze" ? whistled notes, then landed. Found 3 birds further north toward the westward - It a mile to the south-west clear the ridge - In holotax similar to that described above - except the sleeps were steeper (45-55°). In flight - no quivering wing display - The bird flew fast a rapidly beating wings (full strokes) + sometimes glided a outstretched (usually down-curved) weip for distance 25-30 feet just before landing. During the glide, it gave 4-10 sequences of its whistled double-note call, ended with a slower rendition the same note but the last phrase was drawn out It ended in a whay-note similar to that of the Curlew Sandpiper. The song can be diagrammed as follows (after Pitelka) = - ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) SEU.-Intro. Notes tu-ë tu-wee (fast - 2/sec) tu-whap (slow//sec) - sometimes a tu-he