Jonich 1953 Mustela rixosa June 4 Point Barrow, Alaska One seen as it protruded its head from a burrow in a snow patch about 2 mi. S. of base, in an area heavily populated with Lemmus June 6 Alfred Hopson set up a pregnant ? with a box of Lemmus captured by eskimo boys near the village. Thompson and his 2 eskimo assistants captured one weasel in central marsh. A large ? was found among the buildings and caught by hand by one of the investigators. It did not bite and was carried uninjured to the laboratory. The weasel appeared to be in excellent health, evi- dently having strayed in from the tundra. June 8 In back of A.P.L. at 7:45 I heard the defense or terror squealing of a brown lemming and saw 30' from where I was sitting a least weasel struggling with the lemming. After a few seconds the struggle ceased and the weasel stood partly astride the lemming, which lay on its side. The weasel gripped the lemming by the nape of the neck and dragged it 8' to a pile of lumber set on blocks. It deposited the mouse about a foot sub under the lumber in shadow and then left it, disappearing under the pile. After a few seconds the weasel reappeared past the mouse, looking about. It came 3' into the open, and as if to drink at a small puddle of water. Its fur was wet on one side from rolling