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Holmes, R.
1960
'Errolia' melandos
23 June Ikravik, Alaska
A flock of 78? was seen today.
It remained within sight of the
waniga for about 30 minutes.
During this time they were chased
continually by a settled ?.
He would start out by chasing
the entire flock, but would
usually end up by chasing
a particular individual or 2
birds. Occasionally the grouse would
move with a second ?'s territory,
in which case they would be
chased by this ?. The chase
consisted of the birds flying
back and forth with the tender
? (sometimes others) giving
the gurgling aggressive note. The
booming ? occasionally would
give his footing display for 5-7
seconds, but these were interrupted
since he was busy in pursuit.
The flock finally moved west,
still being chased
by one ?'s territory. Five
other birds with similar
consequence were seen along the plot
of a flight south across the point.