Holmes,R 1959 7 July Barrows, Alaska Pluvialis dominica 2. Four eggs had been laid. The eggs were light green mottled with dark brown or black spots and small blotches? This location matched the locale where the nest was located. This was a high mound (surrounded) of the similar mound) on the north slope of the beach ridge where the soil was black and when it was interspersed with lichens and mosses. One chick was growing a few inches away from the nest but was not close enough to hide the eggs. The eggs and ground are matched so perfectly, it is hard to see the eggs even though you know they are there. When the female bird flushed she moved fly about 10 feet, low over the ground and the assumed posture: Tail lowered and somewhat spread, reversed over. After she had moved 6-10 feet in this position, she then performed a