Journal 22 june After lunch Dave & Hank returned with 6 new animals including one with a litter of two. There were but - the colony and data sheets started. Helped Dave process blood samples taken earlier this morning. Before dinner I analyzed the data sheets to compare age and sex ratio males to females in the colony. There are no subadult males and only one juvenile - subadult male compared to several female subadults. This is in accordance with the mass sampling done by Pitelka this year. While clipping fresh grass for the pregnant females and mothers, a longspur nest was found with 4 young. Three were several days old and one newly hatched. After dinner, I helped Lopton and Childe at lines IX & X 23 june Barrow, Alaska Got a late start due to big party the night before. Steve Holland was already working on the colony when I arrived about 1000. I clipped grass for the mothers. Found a Semipalmated Sandpiper nest with 4 eggs on the other side of the waterline before the explosives shock. After lunch I wired lemming skulls for Mullen's carcass experiment until 1600. Cleaned up the laboratory (aviology) until 1630. 24 june Barrow, Alaska When Pitelka arrived, I helped process part of another mass d sample until coffee break. Steve Holland started the colony slate I checked his work about 1000 and found that he was coming along all right. The lemmings on Schultz' diet