R.D.Benedict 1966 Somateria Borealis 5 June Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°29'N, Alaska - a ♀ seen flying up village creek about 5 P.M. The ♀ is a nice bird, the dark on the head, almost the eye appearing black and the eye very conspicuous. Very black ventrally. The eye mark of the ♀ more conspicuous than on the birds I saw last year. 7 June a ♀ ? flushed from a pool in the drained lake W of camp about 2 P.M., flew off to its N. 9 June 3 ♀s going S E 9: to 10 P.M. 10 June a pair with King Eiders on the ice on the Meade and later seven small groups, 2 to 8, seen going south along the Meade. Nice duck. 21 June A ♂ flying N along the Meade River. 3 July Fushed a ♀ from a well lined nest in a grassy Sphagnum-dyke in the lake area opposite North dunes. The eggs look like King Eider eggs. The ♀ went far off and made a quimtury call, but wouldn't come back until after I had left. Didn't see her until I nearly stepped on the nest.