P. De Benedetti 1966 Journal 29 June Mclede River Coal Mine, 157°02'5"W, 70°29'4"N, Alaska To the longspurs. Definitely groups of Os about. In the evening we went to the bluffs 4 km. south of camp. There was nothing on the bluffs or in the willows along the river, but two semipals on the river bank on the way down. Tundra - basically flat terrain broken by small ponds densely grown to Carex and with much microtopographic relief, with relatively few birds - dowitcher, pectoral, and a dunlin on the ground, phalaropes going over, except longspurs, and a more nearly flat Carex plain also used by dowitchers and, evidently from their singing, dunlin. A group of 4 golden plovers closely associated. I got two birds from this and shot at a dowitcher, while I couldn't get. Saw two Caibors on the road near the sand dunes 4 mi. S of camp. got in about 10:30 and up to 12 finishing the business for the day. This area visited not unlike the most of the rest of the area in bird density. 20 June Got up late and spent part of this morning writing notes. About 10 started towards the village for shorebird observations, but ended up going towards Lake J Knuckles through the polygonized area between this and the village. There were few birds in the area. Saw 24 pectoral fighting near the village, and two dunlin cooling from the air on the way to the lake. A few pectoral and 1 or 2 dowitcher, apparently Os, in the area. No phalaropes. Golden Plover found