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Hund
1952
R. Barns, Alaska
Sampling Notes
July 5. Around tundra pools and marshy areas
or anywhere there is considerable amount of
standing water the adults midges are in
great evidence both on the wing and resting still
on vegetation or surface of the pools. In meter
plot area not so many in evidence probably
owing to the lack of large amounts of standing
water. Longipalp pair that was around the
front near polygon appeared to be cattail
flies (esp. Ephydrid + Anthomyiid + Sphaerida).
A single male was observed to visit me off
the cans away from those at each meter plot
and feed upon the accumulating spiders +
probably Collembola
July 6. out th. Point-North. Investigated Bunting feeding
sites for food they were carrying to young. Discerned
that principal food source at least for several
pairs was at edge (shore) of Eelom Bogom. There
were very large numbers of the Ectinosoptera-like
chironomids ±100 per one-quarter of sq. meter
also about 1 carabid per sq. meter, and
an occasional Saldid (=
+ probably not in diet of the Bunting). (For
additional data on Stomach analysis of birds
taken this date at the Mewuke pt. Some
Buntings were observed feeding on the
low willow shrubs + apparently taking sawflies,