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frozen in on September 3, we were not settled in our camp on the 

 sand spit until October 5. 



On March 2, 1914, Mr. Dixon and 1 went to Demarcation Point 

 five miles west of the boundary where I remained until July 20; Mr. 

 Dixon returned to Humphrey Point on May 1, to collect until the ice 

 broke up. 



Both localities are low slightly rolling wastes of tundra, the five 

 hundred foot contour at the foot hills of the Endicott Mountains being 

 twelve miles from the coast at Demarcation Point, and some fifteen 

 miles farther at Humphrey Point. 



At the former point there were many pools and ponds but contrary 

 to expectations it proved to be a poor resort for breeding birds. Our 

 notes on the arrival of water fowl are unimportant, for these birds first 

 arrive in the open leads off shore before the snow is melted from the 

 tundra. To go on the ice in spring is a hazardous undertaking, for it is 

 obviously less strong than in winter, and a sudden off shore gale, so 

 prevalent in this region, is very liable to break the ice lietween one 

 and the beach, rendering the situation very dangerous. 



The spring and early summer of 1914 were very cold and foggy, the 

 ice remaining intact about the Point until July 19, when the whaling 

 ship Belvedere broke loose from the floe ice in which she wintered 

 and passed about eight miles off shore. 



On July 26, 1 left on the trading schooner Anna Olga, that wintered 

 at Clarence Bay, as ice conditions forced me to believe that being 

 picked up by the Polar Bear was a matter of considerable doubt. 

 Mr. Dixon remained with the Polar Bear reaching Nome shortly 

 after my arrival on the revenue cutter Bear which brought me from 

 Point Barrow. 



The extreme kindness of Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson, leader of the 

 southern division of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, and of Captain 

 Cottle of the whaling ship Belvedere added greatly to the pleasure 

 and success of our sojourn on the Arctic coast of Alaska. 



I am greatly indebted to Mr. Outram Bangs of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology, and Mr. H. C. Oberholser of the U. S. National 

 Museum for generous assistance in working on the collection. 



The unfortunate loss of Mr. Dixon's excellent field notes detracts 

 greatly from the value of the paper. 



