Childs 1957 June 12 Warmwright, Alaska should show a higher than normal amount of younger animals utilizing less favorable sites as the adults should be less likely to move. 28 June Patwyen River, Cape Sabine, Alaska after a lot of searching and run of 4 transects (612 traps/3 days) there is still only the evidence from owl pellets that this species occurs here. 4 July at long last I trapped a ♀ (pregnant) in T5-7.2 in high Arctophila marsh. 5 July a ♂ was taken at T5-7.2 at the edge of Arctophila under a willow. The suggestion (attn made of the high nutritive value of grass vs. sedge- may be correct one regarding cycles farther North. Here it would appear as a summer refuge to carry over the low population as well as its being a habitat with plenty of cover. The grass is thus and about eight high. Much of the growth has taken place since I got here as well as its becoming available, because of drainage. This area certainly is drier over a greater area than any other place I've worked in the arctic. This is due to the low humidity and the warm earth winds which blow most of the time. Note: