CHILD5 1957 July 31 Point Barrow, Alaska river and from what we could see, it appeared to be a ground squirrel. We set out 60 traps in the willows along the river. Aug 1 East Anamlik, 110 mi. SSE Barrow, Alaska (1000) Mayr and I checked the traps and got 4 Microstrix, 1 Redpoll, 2 Wagtails, 1 Tree Sp. Ran trap line again at 1830, got 1 Microstrix 1 Tree Sp, 2 Wagtails. In the afternoon I followed the stream to the east. At one rocky outcrop I found numerous plant fossils and coal lenses. A pike (?) fry was caught in the stream and several large fish seen. As the wind was quite strong there was little bird activity but Redpolls or Tree Sparrows were flushed out of the willows at regular intervals. Wagtails are the most common birds here, yet only jird birds have been seen. Redpolls are most followed by tree sparrows. I flushed a bird which I take to be a Red-spotted Bluethroat from a willow area twice but I was unable to shoot it. The tail was the outstanding character that I could see and looked [illegible] like this. The rest of the bird seen was brown on the back. Ground squirrels are very abundant