Journal July 28 Point Barrow, Alaska Bird trapping carried out all day. Also wrote up notes and prepared and examined specimens. Late afternoon to ridge for general observation and cheering nets. Evening to Bernik with R. Person for a 1-hour observation of the eider flights. Birds were coming over in groups as large as 25, mixed King and Pacific, almost all males. About 2000 birds passed over in the hour. Flights were seen at all hours of the day and seemed to be about as frequent as at sin the hour of watching. July 29 The day was clear, warm, sunny, and generally calm. This tended to accentuate the increasing dryness of the tundra. Many mossy places that have until recently been soggy or water covered are dry or only moist. This morning I went to Voth Station area and made general observations, counted lemmings, and examined short-eared owls. Inlet has ceased to flow and is without continuous water beyond the end of the ber- erage antenna. In the afternoon I left Thompson and Hurd on Beach Ridge - 100 traps set there for Descriptonyx - and went to L.E. which I briefly censused. Also went on to the Brant Point area. Jaeger concentration