himnodonous scolopaceus 9 June Mclell River Coal Mine, 152°25'W, 70°29'N, Alaska A ♀ along the creek and 2♂s singing on the wet areas W of the village ridge. 3-4♂s in the village flats feeding in the Earsy marshes, where there is standing water. When I approach the ♂s give an alarm - plddddddeeeeeee a highpitched fluttering calling. Two ♂s sang a little when I flushed them and scree are only loosely associated with ♂s - possible excess of ♂s. Brought the ♂s both court and care for brood, the ♀ being present only to lay eggs. One singing over the lake W of the cunns plot and a pair on the plot in the evening. 10 June A ♂ singing over the cunns plot and occ. one pair o ♀ feeding in a Cunns marsh behind the camp. The only species that is reasonably common here now. 11 June A couple of males singing over south ridge, one over the cunns plot, and a ♀ feeding in Cunns marsh at the W end of the lake basin S of South Ridge 12 June Saw a chase involving 5 birds and with much song W of the village. A ♂ over the camp around a pair near the mine nest of this day. One of the noisier local shorebirds.