Maclsa 1968 Journal (2 July) the cup was empty and birds were not to be found. Damnit! And that was enough for one miserable day. Just after finishing tanglefoot site I I saw a flock of ca. 8 bairdii come into the ponds between the road and the reefer row. I shot twice and got 1 bairdii, 3 pusillus, including one of Safriel's banozo birds. Good work, Stupido. It rained steadily all day today - I can't recall such a persistent rain at Barrow. Will be interesting to see weather bureau records. 3 July Barrow, Alaska A much more pleasant day. Went out to the drum area to weigh the other bird from the new bairdii nest. On the way in activated the pit-fall traps near camp to get more data on timipof cardibios. Set up a recording system for these and the other insect sampling schemes, including the beer cans as sites I & II which will be activated today. In the afternoon went out with Pete to get SOD samples. Went our gasline Pass, So. of Both Creek Crossing. Found a group of pectorels here, feeding along lp troughs and pond edges. Collected some of these then took 8 sod cores from such sites. Took