Phalaropus fulicarius 4 July Meade River Coal Mine, 15°25'00", 70°29'N, Alaska Several birds were feeding along the edge of Tuckat de Agua Lakes by the cevew plot, when a F jumped on a F and copulated. Apparently still trying to rest on this bare earth. There were several birds out in Lake Agassiz, mostly single and in 2's and 3's, but very shy. When I got near them they would fly off. They were all well out in the lake, and not feeding very actively when they were on the ground. 5 July 2 or 3 Ps flying over the lakes at the plots opposite the North drive, no groups of Ps. Shot a F off a sphaegnum mound in a pond. The F was just starting the 2nd egg of a clutch, next judging from the several small range F. folicula, this is a 2nd clutch. Not very common here. Evidently Lake Agassiz is the best area around for the cutters. 6 July Both nests on the cevew plot are empty and appear to have hatched successfully. One male was near the 4/5 marker and the other near the 2.5 marker, with 4 chicks. When I found the chicks they were on a sphaegnum island in a small Laver pond. The P ran about frantically, semi-perched, then alert, then off again, splashing briefly in the water and feeding - saw it capture mosquitoes, diptera, - in the tail area - the wind running in the space between