P. De Benedetti 1966 Journal 7 July Meesea River Coal Mine, 15°25'00", 70°27' N, Alaba Didn't get off until the Afternoon, and this went poorly at that. I went up by the dunes opposite South Creek to try and get some more phalaropes, a mistake if I ever made one. The area here is upland pans pools, with one small Eriophorum flat, and 3 lakes away from the dunes. Most of the birds I saw were in the Eriophorum flat area. There was nothing in the dunes but mosquitoes, and no flowers. Saw a Colias butterfly. Inland in the papyrus area shot a Phalarope in the legs and lost it, this being the only bird I saw. A 4 pectoral near here certainly had chicks and was very alarmed at my presence. She fed at the edge of a Eriophorum pool while running around in front of me. A dowitcher and a semipalmated were the only other birds seen in this habitat. On the Eriophorum flat a golden plover scolded me and it jumped another pectoral with chicks, which remained well hidden. By this time the weavers was so bad 3 sets. 4 pectoral had come in, and a 3 Semipalmated started acting up. I learned it if need to shoot pectorals when a mosquito is crawling up your nostril, or ear, which was constantly the case. Only got one bird. Walked slowly towards the lakes, seeing only a couple of