Holmes, 1963 Journal 49. 1 August Bernard Riv, Banks Island, Canada We returned to camp at 0100. Weather Today has been variable - rain shown on minute, sunny warm + mosquitoes in nest. In severe Newweather was: 46-45° F, dropping to 38° during the night. HABITATS: Upland - hill tops & slopes - quite bare with snow and dry polygonal scattered Dryas tussocks. Occasionally small swales are found with Eriophorum being the most conspicuous plants. In this habitat - little is found - but occasional Black-bellied Plover & Horned Larks (Mobs). The lower hill sides start getting snow Eriophorum & Drya tussock - then mud with Eriophorum & the marshes - here with scarce green sedge etc. In lower slope - Duff-breaks Sandpiper, Sanderling, Black-bellied Plover, Longspur, Horned Lark, Rock Ptarmigan - Goldfinch Low marshes - Wet, pools, lakes - Eriophorum - not snow with Drya & hummers (larks [red line - most variety]). White-rump Sandpiper, Phalaropus, Lussem, Semipalmated Sandpiper, King Eiders. (WIM- all 3 Woods/ Kings were seen in the Areas today.