J.P. Myers 1976 Journal GRID 2 Barrow Alaska 25 June (cont.) voosting along the west side of Honey Bucket Lagoon, just to the east of Caslin Road. A large dark-backed gull immediately drew my attention - Larus schistisagus. Very dark back - although not black, but in incomplete adult plumage. The central back area was full adult, as well as scapulars, but the rest - i.e. 90% of the wings, was still a very light, mottled, brownish vertic white. Bill yellowish with a black tip. Forhad rather [illegible], notes sloping as a L. occidentalis. Sign of L. hyperboreus (many from comparison). Pink legs. We raced back to the lab in order to get appropriate firearms for collecting it, but upon return it had been spooked out to an inaccessible spot on the lagoon ice. I then crept to the grid to work, checking for it as we returned at 16:45 - it was not in sight, even though the year's first Bissin tridaclya was in just about the same immediate spot. TRANSECTS 6-10 26 June A late morning for sampling transects - began #6 at 0920. RG had sampled #1-3 yesterday, and completed 2-4,5 while I did 6-10. Finished at 1316 and walked in immediately. Weather began causively, with a strong west wind that found me thankful for ten circulation of the transects. Temperature ~ 40° however, so I didn't suffer from the cold. The wind may have depressed wind activity early on, but it abated in mid- morning, and even before then I picked up considerable 4's. See transect sheet for details. Summarized below are data from Greenberg's and [illegible] my cursuses: TRANSECTS 1-5 (RV) 6-10 (3PM) transsects Anna acuta Brytisca stelleri 4 Aegyptida stellari 3 Phloutalis dominica 6 Plovlutla dominica 9 C. alpina 19 C. barbata 2 C. fusicollis 1 C. melanotus 8 26 C. pusilla 2 Ph. fulvicatus 4 25 C. pusilla 2 Ph. fulvicatus 4 28 Stercorarius pom. 23 Arenaria . 3 Calcarius lap. 1 Stercorarius pom. C Plethropheneax niv. 1 Plethropheneax niv. 5