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Helmes, R.
1962
Erobia fusciocellis
24 June Banov, Alaska
It stood up, stepped out / No cup +
fl ew up directly to about 30' - floo k
down seven in pony- zee - 5 who
nu- on ground - glided off, landing 50'
away. The length of time spent - in
the cup was ~6 minutes. The apparent size
The 5? No sounds were made when the
bird was in the cup.
27 June I heard displaying - 2 basses - a fleet
of 5? Beeford Sby flew over the south
end of the Skrovil Plot. The next -cup
display are we shutted. The cup was
about 2½ inches indeterminate + 1½" deep-
with flush, dug-out bottom - with a few
feet of dry grass laying across it (on the floor
of cup).
2 July One display - as a group of 4 flocking
Beetles flew over south end / Skrovil Plot -
by flying behind Drii Hold for 5-10 sec-
giving the pony- zee. Late 2 more brief
aerial displays were heard west of 21.0 - near
the lake + near the site / the previously direct
nest-cup display. The call note / this time
is a deeper, not so high pitched son
as heard in earlier years. It perhaps
can be characterized as a deep, pung- zha,
pung- zha, ... given < sequence 18 - 20 times.