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7. Code
1958
Lemmus trimucronatus
27 June - cont.-
any predator have been found. Will look
over this area again tomorrow. It is
the heaviest used and most extensively
used area so far found at this station.
Except for the fact that summer growth is
more advanced, the degree of cutting is
quite comparable to the most heavily cut
areas around Barrow. Again it is worth
noting that this area follows along a
river. The zone appears to be extensive
along the right limit of the river across
from the Coal Mine - perhaps 2-3 miles
long. There is no habitat at Barrow
exactly comparable to this ground because
of the heavy advent of dwarf willows
with the groves and ridges. It is closest
perhaps to the intermediate areas above
the low marshes and below the ridges.
June
- This evening I found a nest on the side
of a man-made pile of peat adjacent to
hedge-grass marsh which had an adult
death Lemming inside. The carcass was
quite maggoty but still showed the semi-
curved posture and blood-stained nose typical
of the dead animals found at Barrow.
29 June Examined the ground across the river from
the village again today. The heavily cut