H Verbeek 1966 Journal 79 In the evening I went along with Tom (Tom turned 21 to-day) to his trap lines and while he ran the lines I removed this years nest stakes of Pitelka's plot, to avoid confusion next year. When we got back at 22:30 I dismantled the skin of Ursia lonaria, which was beginning to become very greasy on the abdomen, this is spite much scrapping when I originally prepared the skin. 19 Aug. A rather gloomy day with fog and some sunshine in the early afternoon. In the morning I mapped part of the nests on the Drum Area, by pacing off distances between the nests and the row of telephone poles. I removed and took home the nest stakes of the nest I mapped. There was little shore bird activity - only saw a few Red backs and Semipals and perhaps 15 Red Phalaropes. In the afternoon Steve and I caught more Chironomids and I counted some till 17:30. In the evening we all went to the seminar, after which we threw a modest beer party in our lab. 20 Aug A very foggy day which prevented air planes from landing at Barrow In the morning I counted Chironomids. In the afternoon Steve and I caught more Chironomids while we then counted. At 15:30 Tom and I went to check the traplines in the Voth Creek Area. Line XII could be run but line XI was standing 14.5 inches in water for its entire