R.B.Hamilton 1961 Charadrius mongolus June 30 Barrow Absliz - A bird of this species (probably) was observed yesterday in Control Marsh by Steve MacLean and Dr. Frank Pitillas. This morning Paul d' Benedictis saw the same bird. We all went in the afternoon to collect the bird and to see if we could get a good enough description to identify it. I saw the bird first flying. It had a light stripe in the top of the wing. This stripe was in the same position as the dunlin wing stripe but was fainter. The rump was whitish and the outer tail feathers were lighter than the inner ones but not white. The bird was rather brown banded and resembled a pectoral sandpiper somewhat. It landed about 100 yds. away from me. The most distinctive thing about it as the ground. was its long thin plaster bill which was black. The legs were black. The underparts were mostly whitish but a chestnut colored band crossed its breast. This band was about in the position of a semipalmated plover's band. The band was wider on the sides than in the middle and was perhaps 2/8 of an inch wide. It looked about the width of a killdeer bird. There was a black line through the eye extending to the bill and a white line over this that went on top of the bill when the bird was seen from the front. The back was a grayish brown but not nearly as brown as the breastband. The bird was very flighty and could not be approached for a close look. The bird was observed with pectoral sandpipers and was a little smaller than they.