R. E. Johnson 1968 53 Journal May 30 Anchutka Island, Alaska (cont.) The Fish people (no relation to mermaids unfortunately) brought in a Red-throated Loon on the evening of May 28 that had gotten caught in their gill net in a small lake near Test site B. I kept outside in a large wooden box provided with water until this evening when I fastened him down to a board by first wrapping his body with a fish net in such a way as to hold his wings to his body & then continuing to wrap the net around the board also. His legs were tethered out behind him in such a way that I could make get at them to injections in the veins of the webbing. The bill was taped shut & then down to the board & the neck was also fastened down. This prevented him from stabbing everyone in sight with his sharp bill. The loon was injected with 4.5 cc of 3.5% saline solution. Injections were made into the vein of the webbing of the left foot & no trouble was encountered except for the occasional unexpected struggles of the loon which made 3 separate punctures necessary. The veins were easy to find & to puncture with a 25 gauge needle. Salt secretions were picked up from the nostrils of the loon with a thin catheter tube a foot long connected to a syringe. The tube was filled & sealed by heat treatment, to be analyzed