Journal 102 R.E. Johnson 1968 June 19 Amchitka Island, Alaska (cont.) gull colony area. Examination from the high point se of Makarius Pt. (a spur rd ends here at some collapsed bldgs) revealed a group of circling terns in the direction of South Blanges. I headed in that general direction & examined lakes & marshes in route. An Arctic Tern colony was located on a dry hilltop & south slope - not the sort of area I'd expected at all. Nine nests were found & very likely others exist. 2 eggs/nest - 8 3 eggs/nest - 1 There were also several nest cups with no eggs. Nest cups were very slight depressions in the ground with a trace of nest material added. This consisted of dry lichen, grass, Empetrum, & a white hollow vegetative material [probably a lichen also]. Most nests were very well camouflaged since the depression was only 2 inch or so, & no nest material of any consequence (5-10 individual pieces of material) was present. The eggs were irregularly blotched & olive to blue gray, thus matching the tundra well. Two nests contained the white nest material previously mentioned & these nests were easy to spot. The terns circled high above & gave their coarse calls but never dove down upon me. The intensity of their calls did