Jonich 1953 Anas acuta July 15 Point Barrow, Alaska Nest near S.E. corner of plot L.E. (see pg. 1 for Steller eider) hatching today. I have rarely seen this & for she usually covers the nest and quietly leaves before I reach the area in censusuing. Today she sat until I was 40' off and then she fled in a circle about 100' in diameter, fluttering over the ground and toward the ponds. Two ducklings tumbled from the nest and other followed, chiriping. One was wet in the nest and another not out of the shell, 7 in all. Five left the nest and wandered as far as 10' away. I left hurriedly. The &, unlike the Steller eider, was only 100' from the nest about 10 minutes later, still having not returned to it. The wariness of the pintail in this respect is markedly greater in the pintail than in the eider. Nest near N.E. corner of L.E. 100% successfully hatched, with 6 ducklings apparently leaving the nest. July 18 Last evening the nest at new pare was in hatching process with two ducklings free of the shells. One was still moist. July 19 Nest deserted, with 4 ducklings apparently successfully leaving; 2 infertile eggs. The & had covered the hatching chicks and retreated before we examined the nest on evening of July 17.