Areuavia interpes 27 May Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°29'W, Alaska One male plumage bird seen near the village. Only times I saw it on the ground it was on oil drums. Prob. staying with longiga. [?83] Three seen sleeping on a exposed sandy-dryas gram area behind a small hummock out of the wind. They flew off along the Meade when I approached. All the birds seen were noisy while in flight. 29 May 5 birds, apparently all 1st, seen in the village, perched on top of an old hide-covered tent- building, and feeding on a trampled rough grassy area in the village. Not checked closed. They were fairly noisy. 30 May 3 birds together in the village. Long bird came in with them. One later flushed from clump N of the village, but couldn't tell where it came from. When I came back about noon, a 1st was feeding in the sandy dryas flats along the creek. They were so shy I couldn't get near enough to see how they fed. The areas they utilized has much exposed sand. 31 May There are at least 4 birds near the village, but they are so shy I can't tell what they are doing. Quite noisy. They feed with Plowers (or vice versa) and Dunlin in open pools. One feeding on a worn polygon route of coup in the afternoon appears to be "clinging" vigorously with the bill, but it is hard to tell what they are doing, because they are so shy.