Childs 1955 Lemmus trimucronatus June 26 Point Barron, Alaska Set out transect 3 in low center polygon area last night and ran it at 1100 this morning. got 4 lemmings and one longspur. Nearly observed wet pellets of mud that had been recently pushed out of a burrow—rain had started an hour or so earlier. July 2 4.74 in L2 (8-566). Upon release it started to feed immediately on a moss. It seemed weak although the weather was warm and there was little wind. It feed with a jerky pulling movement at the food. It then fed on some grass which it seemed to have trouble cutting but when it had cut off about a 2" piece it was several second around it, starting from one end. It. showed no fear or any attempt to find shelter. I watched it in blinds and lenses from about 2' and it appeared to ignore or not even recognize my presence. It seemed to prefer the moss which was scattered only a handful of spikes of it being close by. Grass (Arctagrostis) was more abundant and was utilized second. Merrih brought in a lemming caught south of the Village yesterday that they had tried to keep alive in the lab. It had been fed on lettuce but apparently this was not sufficient