CHILD'S 1951 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus July 3 Point Barrow, Alaska Gil & I were dragging LE when we ran into a flock of about 10 of these. Went back & got the guns + proceeded to take 5 of them. After shooting the 12th, the rest of them milled around me so it was duck soup. One came so close that I could have got it with the pistol but that was back in ARL spumonear made 648 & HEC no food in oophagus - Stomach content saved 647 & " egg(phalarope?)" - - - - - well dev'd B.P. j ovary regressing. See journal. July 7 A group of 11 along shore of LE in a.m. which moved N as we crossed the area July 17 One light phase bird swooped down on one on LE July 18 Setzer brought in 6 of these & one Parasitic from East Ounalik. He estimated 35 in the area. Parasitic nesting. Aug. 7 East Ounalik, 110mi SSE Barrow, Alaska When we first arrived at this locality the number of this species about equalled that of parasites By now, however, there are hardly any to be seen now and both species are rare. I was unable to get close enough to shoot any although the first few nights they woke me up with their calling & chasing pulb close to camp