Holmes,R. 1963 Calidris canatus 13 June Ogstoral Creek, Cape Thompson, Alaska Worked a upper slope / ridge near last / Crowbill Mtn (foot feet), 1 mile N.W. of Ogstoral Creek. The ridges which run inland from the coast and roughly parallel the stream- are capped / small possum / Shob - cover with a low-lying Dryas & Salix. Small Swards / tall & Thuiler-growing grasses are found in the hollows & saddles between hills. These are at an elevat / 480-600 feet. First bird encountered was feeding in company with a Golden Plover - both birds kept never up hill & finally disappeared over the crest to the south-west. Feeding was done from the surface by picking. No probe or jab were made. The bare area was a Grassy-clumps, interspersed with small patches (1-4') of gravel-moss-lichen. Upon walking further downhill, we flushed a bird from a nest, containing four fresh (within the 1-2 days-old) eggs. The egg had a green-gray background - with brown splotches, which even large & more irregular in shape at the large end of the egg. The nest cup was lined with white lichen, which had obviously been "arranged" and placed in a small depression. Location (Nest - not facing slope) 130° - mostly stone (½-1") rocks & pebble