Maclean 1968 (1) Aphriza virgata 16 May at 5:00 a.m. sighted a long-winged shorebird flying west over cripple Creek. Took off in pursuit and found a single surfbird on a Dryas and shale fell-field plateau. Bird looked at me from about 40 feet, then flew away to West. Spent the rest of the day searching the ridges. Saw a total of 5 lone birds (some of these might be re-encounters of the same bird) plus 2 pairs (groups of 2, closely associated. Can't tell sex.). Most of these were standing quietly. All were on the Dryas fell-field, where they are v. difficult to see. One member of one of the pairs, plus two lone birds, gave an alarm note which is very much like that of the bird sandpiper. It differs only in having a slight rasp at the end of the note. They also have a trill v. much like the call of bairdii. I was never close enough to definitely identify the bird doing this. Weeden reports that this often precedes the display described below. One bird encountered on a winy Dryas fell-field gave a number of good baird-like [illegible] alarm notes, then took off, rose to about 35 feet, and then