Pluvialis dominica 30 day Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°29'N, Alaska. Scattered birds were seen in the dunes along the Meade from the village to 4 Km. N of camp, and later in the day they were seen in camp. The first seen was flushed from the dunes, 1 Mile N of camp and joined by 2 more + a Black bellied Plover. One of the latter Golden Plovers was singing and giving the butterfly song. 3 were seen in a dune together, but one bird soon chose another, away, and at least 4 were seen in the 3 to 4 km North polygonal dunes N of camp, where two or three songs were seen. 3 were feeding with two Turnstones along the creek near the village about 12:30. Birds seen between 10 and 11 were feeding on semi-stabilized dunes, where considerably patches of sand were exposed. They seem to prefer the areas where Dryas, hedrum, and ?Geranium (Stellaria) from dense low mats or patches of moss and lichen, and where there was willow grass. Those in the polygonal areas seem to choose the areas pretty free of grass but which were well drained. One bird was collected and immediately injected with formalin. It had been seen to make 4-6 feeding motions before I shot it; all, as did all the other birds, sing a double pecker. One sleeping about a Mile S of camp and about 8 migrants (3,2,2,1) seen in this area after 11 PM.