P. DeBenedictis 1965 Calidris melanotos 25 June Barrow, Alaska - a 2nd male also quit, the 84 flying past 80% yards and landed by one another in a polygon trough, but doing nothing after that. 26 June Saw or heard 2a 383 and a 9 near Pitelka's Census plot and heard 4 silent "hoot" calls well out in Holmes's Honors. The birds seen were all more interested in feeding than display. 27 June Saw 40 50s and 24s in the VOTH area, one of which for a changed seemed semi-idealized as it flew or a 40 ft. square area alternating low flopp and "hoot" calls with glides, wing and silent, waking the cat. No ground display and it took off and flew about 100 ft. away to join a 2nd 3 chasing 24s. Heard 6-10 area "hoot" displays in about 2 hours or the VOTH area and saw 2a 3 flying with the threat distanced. When they stand in this posture, the breast feathers are widely separated. 28 June All of a sudden there are 4s call over Nicasquet Marsh. [illegible], for the 1st time, more 4s than 5s. Heard only one two displays but saw several males flying about with their chests inflated, and giving the rising, and fueling flight. Watched one male fly high into the air (to 80 feet) in a rapid flight, twisting and turning as if it were chasing a 4 or another male but it was quite alone (it may have started out after a Phalarope). It walked towards a polygon on Nicasquet Marsh from which a 9 jumped up West I suspiciously and formed a nest with three eggs.