Journal 54 Dyas, Anemone, Silene acarbis, Eret richium and a new plant - Delphinium brachycentrum. Of birds, I saw one Ruddy Turnstone, 5 Arctic Tern, 1 Sabine Gull, 7 Red-back Sandpiper, Nuthatch Phalarope (5), Red Phalarope (1), Pectoral Sandpiper (12), all along the shore. Along the W side and the SW end of the lake there are extensive areas of wet carrer meadows, which looked ideal for a tern colony, but was not being used as such. A good food supply may be limiting, although I saw terns picking up food from the lake surface. From this lake I hiked W till I came to an other large lake and from there back to camp again. About 1½ km. from camp I ran into a Dowitcher with young of which I took some pictures and I collected one chick as well. Got home at 19:00. After the kitchen chores, Tom and I went across the river to check a bird which according to him looked like a Bantailed Godwit, but which turned out to be a Dowitcher (Long-billed). 27 July. Fine sunny day with a good breeze which kept the mosquitoes down. Prepared the skin of the juvenile Dowitchers in the morning (NAHU 152) and I finally caught up on notes. In the afternoon I hiked toward the large lake in the W of our camp. This is the same lake where we found the fresh water smelts. The lake was quite choppy and in the middle of it I noticed 8 Arctic Terns feeding by picking food from the surface at a shallow spot, when it looked as if weeds came to the surface. I wonder if these large