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Wandering Tattler
Unalaska Sandpiper D
Sept. 18, 1931 Unalaska, Unalaska Is.
Allutions. This species is represented
by the above name in the list of
species + also by Nos. 2072-2077 +
2107. I don't know what it is so
have given it the name of Unalaska
Sandpiper. Probably it will turn out
to be a Yellow Legs or something else
as common.
It was first noted on Thustbrink of
Creek by Capt. Jones & Lieut. Comin. Brad-
bury. They described it well + said it
was "noisy." Spec. 2072 was killed by
Bill Woomy while we were hunting the
stream & it was not noisy. No. 2077
was taken on Pyramid Creek, also by
Bill Woomy, and 2107 was taken by
me on the creek flowing into the
lake just south of town (which I might
just as well call Seagull Lagoon because
so many seagulls hang around there.)
No. 2077 had a very slight teetering
action as it stood on a rock in the
stream.
The other two 2124 & 2136 inhabited
a rocky section of the beach about a
mile south east of here. They generally