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CHILD'S
1951
OLD-SQUAW
Clangula hyemalis
2.
July 28 Point Barrow, Alaska
1800 cont [illegible] Eggs and young covered with down lining.
7/28 Nest deserted; 1 young dead; 1 young still in egg, dead.
3 eggs cold, showing no development.
Aug 6 East Ammalik, 110 mi. SSE Barrow, Alaska
A group of 8 were seen on the lake and only
by very close approach and gun-fire were
we able to get one of them to fly a short
distance. I imagine that they were in molt.
Aug 20 Point Barrow, Alaska
Small numbers of the species have been
regular in occurrence on Elson Lagoon.