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Holmes, R.
1959
Croceithia alba
10 June Barrow, Alaska
One bird seen and collected near
the gas well road. It was by
itself and apparently was
feeding. The bird was a female.
11 June Barrow, Alaska
One seen flying westward through
the drum area.
13 June Barrow, Alaska
A pair seen along the beach ridge
road.
19 June Barrow, Alaska
One seen performing the mouse run
just S. of the drum area. It flushed
after 15 feet and flew W. in
an easterly direction. Never found.
25 June Barrow, Alaska
Three birds were seen in the flat
marshy tundra between the beach
ridge and Elson Lagoon. Two seemed
to be paired, as one was close by.
The paired male was displaying
(annually) from 1400 to 1600 (the time
we spent in the area). The display
is a typical Erolia-type. The
bird flies into the air to a height
of 30-40 feet and hovers there an [illegible]