hogopus logoper - $ 2 June Meade River Coal Mine, 157°25'W, 70°29'N, Alaska opposite direction. When they decide to fly, then criers can move. They seem to be tattering willow buds more than anything else, and are usually in low polygonal areas. Ptarmigan are similarly spaced over the area South of camp, the 3's being widely separated and calling and displaying a little, and the hens little in evidence. Not much feeding activity seen, this mostly in the bare area where Dryas is abundant. 3 June Still cattering. A female along in today went in camp this AM, with a 3'. When even a 4 flushes the males go after them. One was feeding in low willows - spaced along a polygonal ridge but I could not tell what they were getting. Twice - once in the AM (5 to 10) and in the PM (±4) a 4 and a 3 have been roaming about camp, the two birds cackling like chickens and the 3' chasing the 4 on its ground. Nothing seems to come of this. I'm citing? Later, I saw a pair out near the "census plot" doing the same. Most of the birds appear to be paired but some lone males are present. Est. count at 4 males / 2 Km. of lower bluff in a strip 250 m. wide, and about as many 3's as 4's. They have pretty well stripped the willows of buds by now. 4 June little activity in the AM. Birds eating ?Dryas and W.Need