Beaver Species accounts Lapland longspur 13 June 0915 Barrow research station, N Alaska. Just sighted 2 Lapland longspurs. There are several other pairs nearby. This pair is feeding (?) along the edge of a channel or groove in the tundra. They seem to be eating grass or possibly seeds. Every few minutes, the ? stops and gives a rolling bird-like song. 14 June A.M. ~ 10:30 S. Maclean, Dr. Pitelka and I are on an area of high center polygons. We just came upon a marked (by Pitelka) longspur nest. There are six eggs in the nest arranged as 1 in two rows of three. The eggs are dark colored and have very fine spotting. The ? flew off a couple of meters and remained calling, while we examined the nest. 15 June 0920 Karl T. and I located a longspur nest found and marked earlier by Karl. The nest had six eggs in it and their arrangement was flat as the previously described nest. Might note here that both this and the nest of 14 June were recessed pockets, the top of the nest being level or below the level of the surrounding ground.