A.M. Verbeek 1966 Calidris alba (6) This bird, the female, and the only bird I have seen on the nest, has far less brown on the head than the male I saw yesterday. I noticed the male, feeding by him self, along the shore of Honey Bucket about 250 m. to the S. of the nest. 8 July Four eggs, q not on nest at 18:00 9 July Four egg q not on nest at 16:15. The female was about 50m to the N. standing on an oil drum. 10 July Steve and I took pictures of the female on the nest around 12:00 11 July Four eggs, q not on at 10:15. 12 July Found that 3 of the 4 eggs had hatched and one pipped egg in the nest. Collected two of the young after having take a picture of the birds in the nest. When I left the female settled on the one remaining egg and the young. Observation at 17:00. No male around. Prepared a skin of one of the birds (NAMU 1145). Found a partial egg shell about 45 m from the nest. Because of the difference in the amount of brown on the head, the female having less brown, I believe that only the female incubates in this species. 13 July Nest empty at 19:30. Did not see the adult or downies. 16 July Since they left the nest, I have not seen the Sanderling family again. 18 July Saw one Sanderling on the shimmocks S. of Honey Bucket lagoon. The bird no longer showed any brown on the neck, but instead a blackish mottled color. Obviously the bird was molting. See Baird notes of 19 July. 27 Aug. One bird approached me to about 3 m., while I walked along the beach across from the airport office.