Lawrence J. Niles,^* Jonathan Bart,^** Humphrey P. Sitters,^*** Amanda D. Dey,^**** Kathleen E. Clark,^**** Phillip W. Atkinson,^***** Allan J. Baker,^****** Karen A. Bennett,^******* Kevin S. Kalasz,^******* Nigel A. Clark,^***** Jacquie Clark,^***** Simon Gillings,^***** Albert S. Gates,^******** Patricia M. GonzÁlez,^********* Daniel E. Hernandez,^********** Clive D. T. Minton,^*********** R. I. Guy Morrison,^*********** Ronald R. PORTER,^************ R. Ken Ross,^*********** C. Richard Veitch<sup>************


*</sup>Lawrence J. Niles (e-mail: larry.niles@conservewildlifenj.org) is chief biologist with the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey in Bordentown.
^**Jonathan Bart is a research wildlife biologist with the US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Snake River Field Station, in Boise, Idaho.
^***Humphrey P. Sitters is an editor with the International Wader Study Group Bulletin in Exeter, United Kingdom.
^****Amanda D. Dey is principal zoologist, and Kathleen E. Clark is supervising zoologist, at the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program, in Trenton.
^*****Phillip W. Atkinson is research manager, Nigel A. Clark is head of projects, Jacquie Clark is head of ringing, and Simon Gillings is a research ecologist, all with the British Trust for Ornithology in Norfolk, United Kingdom.
^******Allan J. Baker is head of the Department of Natural History of the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.
^*******Karen A. Bennett is program manager, and Kevin S. Kalasz is a wildlife biologist, with the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, in Dover.
^********Albert S. Gates is from Princeton, New Jersey.
^*********Patricia M. González is coordinator, Fundacion Inalafquen in Rio Negro, Argentina.
^**********Daniel E. Hernandez is an assistant professor of biology at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.
^***********Clive D. T. Minton is with the Victoria Wader Studies Group in Melbourne, Australia. R. I. Guy Morrison is a research scientist (National Wildlife Research Centre, Carleton University), and R. Ken Ross is head of the population management unit (Ontario Region, Ottawa), with the Canadian Wildlife Service.
^************Ronald R. Porter is from Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. C. Richard Veitch is from Papakura, New Zealand.