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I. Cade
1958
Xema sabini
18 June - east of Barrac -
On the flight with Mahw and 5 thanks,
many julet were flying around and over
the larger lakes and off shore around
the Plover Islands. Over 100 were
seen. Common in this area also last
year.
26 June Coal Mine, Maple River - On an
island in a lake ca 1 mi's or 5/10 of
camp I spotted a pair of these gulls.
One was active and kept chasing after
flocks of red phalaropes in the area
and occasionally, also, after terns. The
other kept sitting in the same spot. Oc-
casionally the active one would land
near by. Quest was indicated. On the S.E.
side of the lake the water was shallace,
so that by removing my boots I was
able to wade out. The nest held 3 eggs.
It was a depression in a mound of
myon ca 7 ft square which was just
barely above water level. A scattering
of ridges was growing on the mound. Also
a lot of dead, coarse grass had formed
a shift lip on the side nearest the nest.
The next scrape was lined with dead grass.
The mound was completely surrounded by
an inundated area of ridges at the center