444 Gilmore LONG BILLED DOWITCHER 1931 Tigara, Point Hope, Alaska. Aug 10. Spec. 1851 is labeled noted as Solitary Sandpiper but is of this species. Encountered in dusk of evening as it was feeding alone along shallow pond. Aug 19. Noted every day or so one timdra, but generally around the shallow ponds. Perhaps a dozen or so may be seen a day. Generally in flocks of from 4 to and their flight is rapid erratic, many twists banks & turns as they fly. When feeding they appear slate stately, and they walk & probe discriminately with their long bills in the water & grass. The fine evenly black & white barred tail and long bill are distinctive sight features. They have a plaintive querulous note, generally uttered when they are flushed from their feeding grounds in no great state of fright. Aug 22. Numbers have been increasing during the last few days. Flocks of 10-30 are common now. Alarm note is a rattling call much like a robin,