Calidris pusilla 7 July Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°29'N, Alaska A pair was near some pools by the dune opposite Sweet Creek, and another near the bridge later here. Not out in the polygonal-pool area inland on the Arctic county 8 July Most of the birds near Lake Agassiz seem to have young now. I first came into a concentration near the S. end of the lake by CO2, where 6-8 birds came in to scold. The adults were originally up in the wet Eriophorum above but near the edge of the lake. When they scolded they came down into the lake basin and scolded from the zone where the Carex marsh is being replaced by Eriophorum, over a sphaerium understory, with much Salix pulchra mixed in. The adults often feed in the Eriophorum along the edge of the basin, but rarely in the lake basin. All were quietly distributed. One bird in a poor wat S creek of worse like even though it was quite exposed and no chicks were in the area. There were at least half a dozen and probably more adults out in Curricularia flat here, feeding on surface insects. One one group of 4 and another of seven. A few pectoralis occasionally come with them, but don't stay long. They tend to cluster near the turn- stone, which scolds constantly, and I suspect most are all bare chicks. Not conspicuous by the