De Benedicki 1966 Lagopus lagopus 22 May Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°29'N, Alaska Saw my first Ptarmigan walking through the middle of camp today. They are impressive when they fly because it looks like two birds. Hiking about the PM I saw one lone bird and later in the afternoon found 15+ roosting and feeding in the cat train tracks where the tundra is exposed. Their prints and droppings are all around here and there are evidently not numerous around camp and near the native village. Saw 30+ being shot at by natives near the native camp, about 4:30 when you figure out what to look for, they are really easy to spot in spite of being mostly white. 23 May Back in camp today. There appear to be two sizes, a large one which is deep red brown on the head and then uniformly colored except on the face of some, and a smaller, pale-orange brown variety which is not nearly as completely mottled as the other. These cutters come through camp at intervals in the A.M. and at the mid after-noon to early evening period, feeding as they go and they seem to go especially attracted to the disturbed areas around camp. Ray slept 4 about 2:30 and I decided I had to find out what they taste like so.... They are quite dimorphic and the large dark ones are Pt. They are eating