Merleek 1966 Journal 18 When I got home around 17:00 Pitella had some good news too. The shot what looks like a hybrid between a Pectoral and a White-rump. Very exciting. After supper, at about 20:30 we went to the place where he shot it, and combed the area for a nest. The bird in question had laid three eggs and had a forth one in the oviruct. In the process of finding the nest we got side tracted by a pair of Semipals, which were subsequently shot and this brought our search for the nest to a temporary halt. We got home at 23:00. 20 June Again we were being spoiled by a beautiful sunny day with little wind. In the morning I went to the W. side of Imilepink lake which has only been opened up for 2 or 4 days. There was one Baird Sandpiper there. From there on I crossed over to the Beach Ridge where I witnessed a fight between two Bairds. There were no Redbacks on the Ridge on the stretch from the ditch to the area about ¼ mile W of Weavers cabin. One pair of Golden Plovers flew around and probably have a nest on the higher side of the slope leading from Beach Ridge to Imilepink lake. Flushed one Semipal from a nest of 4 eggs (#5) and two Longspurs each of 5 eggs (#6,7). In the afternoon we, Pitella and I, continued our search for the nest of the hybrid Pectoral-White-rump, in the Lake Eater Area, but we had no luck. In the evening I went out on the Drum area to check the Sandpiper's nest. There were one eggs yet. On my way back I saw