A M Verbeek 1966 Journal 84 Point Barrow, Alaska 24 Aug. A cloudy day without sunshine. I went with Tom to the Volta Area, and while he set trap lines II A ad IV B I searched for Carabid beetles underneath oil barrels. In about 2 hours I had caught 23 beetles. I also caught some Tipula larvae, 7 Prionosoma larvae, apparently the first one of the season, and three long worms, which look like analids. In the afternoon I went to the Drum Area behind our laboratory, where I gathered feeding observations. Mainly Red backs and Semipals. The birds are mainly confined to pond and stream edges. This is no doubt where the food is, but we should not forget also, that most of the birds are juveniles and have soft beaks which are more suitable for this soft muddy habitat. Steve left for Fairbanks this afternoon at about 15:30. After his departure Tom and I looked for Carabid beetles underneath oil barrels on the Drum Area below the telephone lines. We caught 37 beetles and one Tipula within half an hour. After supper I took Paul de Benedictis to the ARL airport. Tom came back from trapline 3 and 4 without a single catch. This is strange since I saw quite a bit of lemming sign to-day in the Cake River area while I was looking for Carabid beetles. It is possible that the beasts are concentrated near the oil barrels, since they like to burrow under them. I saw two lemmings, while I was tipping canvases. One of them was adult and large, the other was