Childs 1959 Dicrostonyx groenlandicus 29 June Patnesea River, Cape Sabine, Alaska Cade took one at T1 -3.6 (SA) on 5/22. No other sign of them to date 17 July Wainwright, Alaska Eckles boys brought in an adult & before dinner. They said that many of total tundra were caught at melt-off time with lemmings more abundant but not much. White mice were common. We moved boat not purchasing them this year. 18 July Purchased 2 19 July Took a adult with an adult lemming, at T4-0.0. Natives indicate earlier that those moved with the houses in the village. 23 July Meade River Coal Mine, Alaska Have taken 2 specimens to date here. Very little mouse activity anyway noted. I am most impressed with the color of the tundra at this time. Vaccinium vitis-idaea is in blossom and very abundant on the higher drier areas. The flowers are pink. The variety of lichens, of several colors and brown sphagnum moss make a background color which is extremely variegated and ideal for a mouse with the foliage of Dicrostonyx. Nothing approaching this occurs at the Patnesea except in the restricted Barrens. His my impression from the literature that