P. D. Benedich 1965 4 July Barrow, Alaska a few nest (Pusillus 14, 6, 4, Bairdi 5) but all unchanced. swigs 3nd at each. got in about 5 and spent the evening, writing notes. Saw one "pep" but from a distance looked like a Rufous-neck in Footprint Lake, but there on the wrong side of the creek. 5 July Got up relatively early and went out with Habicht, 6 lines IVA-B. I had planned to walk to footprint lake but it quickly began to drizzle and looked like (and did) if would continue all morning. I did manage to run transects on his IVA-B and XI and XII; IVA B were not very good but those parts of XI-XII along the creek were good; there was still a black-belly plume here and sort of the Dowitcher, but I saw no Pectorals and all but 2 or 3 of the Westerns were gone. hennings very inconspicuous. good number of gulls towards the dump. Spent the remainder of the morning in the lab and in the afternoon went to lines IV-VIII. to walk more transects. These were not as good as last time, although the distribution patterns were similar. There was very little in Holmes's Marsh, Pectorals being virtually absent, and nothing on the Beach Ridge in this area. The Marsh had dried a little from before but not much. The small pep seems to have largely disappeared although a few are still present. and I saw very few Dowitchers; golden plovers numerous, and good numbers of Pectorals and Red Phalaropes. The Phalaropes seem to be of a higher