T. Code 1958 General Account 25 September - out - at 1830. It was overcast all day with sprinkles in the afternoon, turning into intermittently heavy showers after 2000. September Mikele River at the Coalmine - Merl and I ran the traplines by the lake NW of village in the morning. Then Mryl returned at 1030 to view the two lines across the river while I walked on from there westward to the far end of the lake. Returned to camp at 1515 - covered 4-5 miles round trip. Skinned in the afternoon, Weather overcast all morning and afternoon with intermittent light showers with some plushy guano - clearing up some what with sunshine in the evening after 1800. Very few birds to be seen on the tundra here at this season - great contrast with June. Only one shorebird - gside from Gulls and Jaegers - seen so far. Very few passerines too. Loons more common now than in June. Shorebirds - and passerines (longspurs)? - must move to the coast after nesting. Microtis sign generally absent or very meager. Two local areas of several