Alaska species accounts, part 2, v4221
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Holmes,R 1959 Erolia laurillii 16 July Barrow, Alaska No adult was seen. #2,3,4 were all deserted. #5 still had eggs. Very little activity in going a now. Hardly any birds an seen. Now 1 this species was noted near Footprint Lake during the past few days. 17 July Barrow, Alaska All nests were deserted (measures) except #5 which had started to pip. In the evening, two were out of the eggs, but at 2 they had died. 18 July Barrow, Alaska Four were collected near Nest #1 which turned out to be two males. Both have incubation patches. 20 July Barrow, Alaska None were seen during the last two days near Footprint Lake. 22 July Barrow, Alaska A group of 6 were seen just east of Viti; five and three collected. Two of these were males; one female. They all became excited when the first bird was killed, and all came closer. The other two were then collected. They seemed to be some kind of an association between them, possibly flocking.