June 13-17, 1975, St. Lawrence Island, village of Gambell, Northwest Cape, Troutman Lake, west coast below Troutman, marshes SE of Lake, and mountain and flats from Sevuokuk Mtn. SE to overlooking Dovelavik Bay and Meruwtu Point. Weather great first p.m. with mtns of Siberia clear. Foggy, windy, cold and wainy most of rest of trip, with one huge storm depositing whole new gravel beach at NW Cape at least 6 feet above water and 25-30' wide. Stayed 4 nites w/ Timmy Slwooko,Box 81. Arctic Loons not uncommon passing NW Cape (NWC, hereafter) Red-throated Loons not quite as common, perhaps 2 or 3 per watching hour Fulmar - surprisingly common for such a bird of the high seas. about 5 p.m. on 6/14 there were 30 at one time while storm sea was present. Same time 6/15 only 6-8. Almost all were in browned-white phase, with same pure white. Fulmaris glacialis. Pelagic Cormorants in small groups of 6-8 or less, about as abundant as Red-faced Cormorants Black Brant - 2 on SE marshes below Troutman Lake (TL and SEM, hereafter) **Emperor Goose - Philacte canagica - Lifer. - flights of 9, 11 and 2, all from down-island and all heading NNW off NWC toward Siberia - none turned by time out of sight. Pintails - not over 4 or 5 at a time, most in SEM. Almost all males. Greater Scaup - on 6/14, 1 M with fem. Tufted Duck **Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula - NA Lister - 6/14 F with male G.Scaup. 6/16 M&F together. F was exceptionally rich colored, uniformly, with little light as on F scaup. Bufflehead - 2 Old Squaw - dozens of pairs on SEM and flying by NWC and off west shore. Harlequin Ducks - small flocks offshore - not common, but more abundant by 6/16. **Steller's Eider - Polysticta stelleri - what was to me a major goal as the most beautiful eider and rare, turned out to be most common bird passing NWC. 7 flew by 6/14 a.m. and I saw 6M and 3 dark ruddy, uniform, females. Darker than Robbins book. On the water by small ice floes, the males had tales up like Ruddy Ducks. Pr.sandbar,Barrel Lake King Eiders were next most common, with up to 40 passing NWC in short period. These and others going back and forth, even with Eskimos shooting at birds along the beach. Common Eider - not som common here, where Kings outnumbered them 8 to 1. 6 eve of 6/13. **Spectacled Eider - Somateria fischeri - life lister. 6/14 1F with 5 glaucous gulls at noontime. 7 LM and 1F later. 2 males by at 8 p.m. with 3 more Ms passing NWC and returning even later in the ewening. 6/15 630a.m.count K-45,St-6,C-3-Sp-0 White-winged Scoter - flights into NWC directly from N 9-10a.m. BDST and others seen farther east coming in from the N too. 6/16. Red-breasted Mergansers - 10 or so per hour% back or fro at NWC Sandhill Crane - 6/16 - mtn, tundra SE of Sevuokuk Mt. 5 seen. Golden Plover - a couple of pairs - heard whistling for first time. Tame, near nest. Surfbird - 6/14 - SEM - 2 Ruddy Turnstone - pairs on mtn. slopes, showy, noisy, defensive. Watched 2 chaging Jaegers. Black Turnstone - 3on 6/15 - 3 in snow ditch on gravel flats chasing each other E of village. Western Sandpipers - many pairs on tundra and about SEM Rufous-necked Sandpiper- one not full headed, but necked in rufous in village boneyard. Coloration nothing like one at St. Paul. Pale uniform rufous on lower cheek, throat and side of neck, partly back. Otherwise a standard western-style wings&back. Others present were Ed. McKnight, Terry Hall, Ben King, Joel Abramson, Joe Taylor Will Russel, Roger Foxhall, etc. All also saw Rosefinch (see later). **Temminck's Stint - Calidris temminckii - life lister - very small 5"&$, built low to ground. buffy line thru eye, white chin-throat with breast band, legs light.Bill short? Sides of tail white. Rock Sandpiper - not common here in tundra as on St. Paul. Replaced by 12's and even 100's of Dunlin, especially on the hi tundra SE of Mt. Sevuokuk 6/16. Ruff - 1st full plumaged male I've seen in NA. Was basically black, in SEM. 6/14. Long-billed Dowitcher - 3 pr. on tundra slopes to E of SEM. full breed plum. Harsh scolding. ***Polynesian Tattler - Heterosceulus brevipes - life lister. Ben King of Bonanza tours found this one on 6/13 at 1130 p.m. BerDST we went to NE corner of Troutman Lake and watched this bird at extremely close range. Bill 11/2", outer 1/2 dark, inner lighter fleshy. Line thru bill - eye - and behind eye. Dark eye, faint ring thin. Throat and upper 1/2 breast mottled and sides below wings barred lightly 1/2 way to bottom. Rump and back uniform color. Underparts whiteincluding undertail coverts. White outer tail feathers. Fairly short-legged. See end of ST Lawrence - next sheet.