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the morning and a single Passerilla iliaca was scratching vigorously the recently thawed ground to secure its food - Geese and guest were common all the morning flying back and forth - 9th Below freezing in the morning and a few light snow showers followed by the temperature becoming milder. The tundra is half bare of snow already. I have everything prepared and started for Stebans on the opposite side of the water 3 P.M at 7 P.M. I had finished tea at my destination for the night. On the road, which was in a miserable slushy condition, quite a number of Ptarmigan(males in all cases) were seen in each instance they would crouch as low as possible on one of the numerous bare spots on the tundra and I should have passed nearly all them without noticing them had not my native companion with his sharp sight distinguished and pointed out each one. On several occasions
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