Calioris alpina 2 June According to DWN there were quite a few birds of both sexes in the area on this date. He collected 4 near the gaswell. These are now SN 1010 - 1013. 4 June Only a few birds in Britton's Area. The rest of the tunora is 99+% snow covered, and no birds to be seen. 6 June Saw 2 birds flying over Holmes' Marass. The only others were on Britton's area - a flock of ca. 20. I first saw two birds apart from the others. Collected 1 of these - SN 1015 - and found it to be banded on right leg: blue /73-179206. Later collected 2 birds from the flock - SN 1014, 1016 - and one of these was banded on left leg: white /73-179204. Both of these were banded on this area by Soikkeli; last season (banded as breeding adults). Note in specimen catalog: of the 2 June birds, 2 are short billed, presumed ♂, but > 60g. Of the 6 June birds, 2 are long billed, presumed ♀, but < 60g, indicates that her condition has deteriorated markedly under the bad conditions, although the sample size