P. DeBenedictis 1966 Journal 9 August Meade R. ver. Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°37'N, Alaska The dominance of vegetation was estimated at % plant cover to the nearest 5%. While doing the I noticed only 2 longspur and 2-3 Pectorals, all in flight near pools. In the evening I photographed the census plot, using a marking post with black & white bands 20 cm. wide. Saw 11 Cairow. 10 August Went across the river to shoot some birds. I started at the bluff that attempts the pro flat across there and then worked along the marshy lake area to the Parasitic Jaeger Territory, back along the lower Tonasa ponds, and ploade to opposite camp along the river. The most notable feature was the complete absence of slubbs and Semipalmated Sandpiper which had been fairly common here. When I first went into the marsh I flushed two fully fledged juvenile dowitchers. The only of this species I saw. They got down in the grass and hid so that I saw them only in flight. Pectoral Sandpipers were the most abundant species in the marsh, at least 2 dozen birds being present. I shot a that looked like it had chicks and saw one other which reacted up when 2 Parasitic jaegers landed near it. The rest all appeared to be juveniles. I collected 3 of Duns. They were hard to approach, and very flighty. Most landed in the now dry (Sapitaul).