Alaska species accounts, part 2, v4221
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Hermes, P. 1959 Erolia fuscicollis 26 June Barrow, Alaska. The 45 minutes spent on that part of the ridge, the male was not seen or heard. The wind was blowing, however, and this could have obscured the chance of seeing him. 27 June Barrow, Alaska When the nest was first visited at 1300, the female was not present. After spending several minutes taking pictures to nest, the female ( I suppose) showed up and gave the electrokinetic display. She would perform this display with wings slightly dropped, tail spread and in a crouched position for a distance of 30 feet from nest. From that distance out she would feed repeatedly picking at various clumps of grass, etc. When she was close to the nest, the electrokinetic display was nearly always given (in a few cases after standing near nest for several seconds), she approached - walking for then but generally assumed - the crouched position. The wind was heard to display (aerially) (see, about 100 yards west of the