Calidris melanotos 3 July Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°29'N, Alaska One on the career plot. A group of 3-4 Fs and a F near the Coal mine, in flight. 4 July One or two males near the Black-belly rest, in the Carry marshes. When I flushed one it flew on to the Corvicularia flat and began to feed with a small group of Semipalms. A group of 3-5 in flight over Lake Agassiz and 1 or 2 seen on the Epagnum dikes on the lake, where they appeared to be feeding. Groups in flight give the "creep" flight note and occ. the swipe call, but no more booting. Not seen south of South Creek. 5 July Only 3-4 birds seen in the flat opposite North dunes, all near Carry pools. One was feeding, in a pool, but flew onto a dike before I shot it. Another in a pool flew on to a Corvicularia-Cotonia flat, where I shot at bird missed it. It ran to a place under there was a willow Bidiplaurium, and began to peck actively at the ground. Here I shot it. Others seen were resting quietly on the ridges between pools. Two Fs flushed from dry beds of a large lake, where there was a shallow, Carry flat. 6 July A F, churring a F and booting went through the plot, followed by a 2nd F The rested in a Carry marsh out of sight; only the Fs flushed later. While watching, a