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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