Remsen, J.V. 1972 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper FAA station area, NARL, Point Barrow, Alaska 11 June Tom Custer and I were looking for longspurs when I saw a pectoral-shaped sandpiper with a bright rusty cap which I new immediately had to be a Sharp-tailed. We watched it for about 10 minutes, noting the follow field marks. crown: bright rusty red, almost like a Chippings Sparrow face: indistinct white eye-line, faint white eye-rings on a brownish face bill: pinkish-yellow except for dark tip, slightly drooping at tip breast: deep rusty red scalings, heavily patterned. Not at all like the fine streaks of a Pectoral - much too red and no streaks back: rich brown with two streaks in same place as a Pectorals, but they were a creamy-buffy color wings: brown tail + rump: black rump bordered by white sides which seemed to extend farther up the back than a Pectoral's. legs: dull greenish yellow voice: silent Tom returned to camp and got Steve McLean, who ordered Custer to shoot it. Will be put up as a specimen for MVZ. Apparently first North Am. spring record.