432 Gilmore Rock Ptarmigan (3) 1931 Flocks and soon three more flew around the rocks just below the summit and lit on separate rocks some 10-15' apart a hundred yards or so above me. As I finger-railed up ward they moved upward also but more slowly and soon I was in range. They sat motionless on the rocks & looked about. Often I could see nothing more than a head protruding over a rock. The victim fell and trumbled hoppingly 300 feet below to the rock slide. I had just ascended, and the others disappeared around the peak. I had certainly never expected to see Ptarmigan up in such surroundings. Oct. 18 Akutan. I worked around the flats at the head of the bay in the sporadic snowstorms today, and found that the Ptarmigan had been driven down off the hill tops by the snow storm. Hitherto they have been on the tops of the adjacent ridges and peaks. They make no vocal demonstration at rest or