P.De Benedict 1961 Red Phalaropes 29 June Barrow, Alaska - small aggregations still to be seen but they seem to be making up into pairs more and more. Saw at least 3 copulations or attempted copulations in the afternoon. Found two Ps with broken wings; the 1st was made into a shirr - it had 3 large ova (one broken) about 6,4+3 mm and what appeared to be 25 old follicles although it was difficult to be sure of this; it didn't appear to have laid recently. The other contained no follicles and the oviduct was only beginning to come up; it clearly hadn't laid yet. (Dr. P. Telka found one ready to lay its (egg). Little evidence of change in Ps and it is the most conspicuous shorebird now. 30 June This was the commonest and most evenly distributed Shorebird in Central Alaska; they were never to be found in large groups though congregations of 4-7 or so were not especially unusual, and a number of pairs were seen as well as singles trying to "join in." Pairs were copulating; and at least one pair was seen resting s.ently side by side on one of the higher spots dried in the Marsh. Some of their calls are giving a short rough whistled sound quite like the flight call of a dunlin. 4 July A few very white Ps were seen today. At close range they are reddish on the rump, flanks and nape and the task plumage is summer, not winter. They are still noisy, socialable and everywhere distributed where there is water.