452 Gilmore ALEUTIAN SANDPIPER (3) 1931 to be a sharp shrill "pseet-pseet" Oct. 3 English Bay N. Unalaska, N. Aleutian Is. I saw about 30 of these birds today. Their habitat is certainly the rocky spray covered promontories and rocky boulder strewn beaches. They were quite tame and stood nervously on the rocks half crouched and ready for flight as I approached to within 8-10 feet of them. Their flight when disturbed was short and jerky, carrying them only a few rods. I could follow a flock for hundreds of yards along the beach. Oct. 9 Akutan, Akutan Is., N. Aleutian Is. I saw perhaps 50-75 along the rocky beach between the village and the head of the bay. They haunted the rocky headlands & boulders of the beach. I followed one flock of a dozen for a quarter of a mile, easily walking to within 10 or 15 yards of them and killing one with the gun before the rest flew. Their dark coloration blended perfectly with the dark