DeBenedictis 1962 Somateria spectabilis 16 May Barrow, Alaska, a flock of 5 pairs seen flying west over the FAA tower area about 3:30. Nice to know a few birds are around. 5 June Meade River Coal Mine, 157°025'W, 70°029'N, Alaska A group of 8♂, apparently this species, went one going E about 9 A.M. 8 June A ♀ in the Meade River south of the ice flow, resting on the ice along shore. 10 June a pair flying south with a pair of spectacled and also a group of 4♂ going south about noon. 16 June At least 3♀ and 2♂ in Lake Agassiz, 2 (North part), seeming about and clearly associational. 17 June A ♀ in Lake Agassiz. 23 June 4♂ still in the lake Agassiz region. Two ♂s stealing on sphagnum slyper in the lakes and 2♂s together on a slyple in one of the small lake by the census plot. Found a poorly wired nest with 7 eggs, the ♀ sitting until I got to within 6 feet. The eggs are olive, like Oldsquaw and Sketter eider eggs. 30 July Rodgu and Ray flushed a ♀ from a nest, which Rodgu said had half-dead egg. Could not find it again later. 9 July Could not find any Eiders in the lake.