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Holmes, P.
19C2
Erolia ferruginea
19 June Barron, Alaska
The morning - I felt she could not locate
the pain. A heavy wind was blowing,
smoking. leaving difference. In the
a.m. Sullen did not see her.
May 20th- She had been away
22 June - Philip & I checked the beach vicinity, west of the
gasoline. After an hour, we finally heard a
white mate & located a pair further
north - on the high dunes - 28 yards S.O. I
Middle salt lagoon. The 8.5on often
sawing, fed by a low grass mound-
settled into a depression, giving a nest
cup display - with tail & pointed wing stubs
up. The air moving them back & forth.
After 30 sec., it stood up, walked off
suddenly. Dr & could not be seen in the immediate
vicinity. Later, she was seen to the west.
The birds continued to feed, the 8 occasionally
running in a rodent-like manner, but both
feathers were not ruffled & there was
less than in previous sighting of
country pain. The 8 made several
short, low flying flights - giving the
full (aerial) song or parts thereof. Also,
The doblets were given infrequently from
the ground.
When the 8 was first found: she was feeding.