K. Ammann 1964 Taka Lait, Taka Atoll, Marshall Is. very jagged & crumbly, not isolated locals patches as at Bikar; and water about 20' deep along the edge. Figueira & the Marshallese lent a hand. We spent some time during this operation hauling killer clam shells, 18"-30" long, off the bottom & into the raft. May have torn the raft in the process. I collected plants until 1500. While waiting for Brison at the Sooty Tern colony I saw a Turnstone with a definite red tump in the flock of 30 by the colony. George, Roger & I spent the rest of the afternoon chasing it around the beach. All of us got good looks, at the bird and agree it looks like an Aleutian individual though we were never close enough to see a band. While hunting this bird we came across the strange Sandpiper. Found the first day and George neatly dropped it. It is uniformly dark brown above except for a white wing stripe, uniformly light below, very contrasty; bright yellow legs, moderate bicolor bill nearly identical to Pectoral. Recalled tattler in color proportions, though smaller, while below, I had wing stripes. There appear to be five vegetation zones on Taka Lait. Along the lagoon beach are scattered coconuts and pandanus,