Abstract
The following records of three rare sandpipers are reported, with notes on their field identification and behaviour:
Tringa stagnatilis _??_ ad. 1 Sept. 1953 Coast of Himeji City, Hyogo.
Calidris melanotos _??_ ad. (hiem.) 21 Sept. 1953 Toyotomi-mura, Kanzaki-gun, Hyogo (Also, Mukawa, Hokkaido 1 _??_ ad. 14 Oct. 1953).
Calidris temminckii _??_ juv., ad. 8, 10 Sept., _??_ ad. 16 Oct. 1952; _??_ juv. 16 Sept. 1953 Marshes in Kanzaki-gun, Hyogo.