June 19 Point Barrow, Alaska devoted to locating jaeger nests, and the afternoon to censusing the marsh plot. The marsh area is generally soggy and draining. The grass has been heavily and almost completely mown by the lemmings. Much of this has accumulated near the main drainage in long masses, where it has floated on the melt water before the drainaway thawed. Thus large areas of the marsh are swept of the loose chaff and the growing tops and green stubs of shoots pruned by the lemmings are fully exposed. In some places this makes the surface of the marsh fairly green. June 20 In late morning I hunted longspurs just S. of Britton with Hurd + Pitgika Wangam, along the salt water lake toward village. The afternoon I spent with Thompson locating nests on beach ridge and the S.W. part of central marsh. Weather wild, light W. wind. June 21 There was wind in the night and a high fog hung over the coast all day. The west wind was gentle to moderate all day. Morning spent indoors on records and afternoon at censusing plot L.E. There was rain early yesterday morning, which I did not mention. A flock of about 20 ducks over the ocean was headed west in direct flight at 2 p.m.