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D. Steiner
1963
Erolia bandii
11 June Barrow, Alaska
Das line ridge - Display of the ascending & trilling
during the [illegible] cruising was seen over line I & II.
One showed aggressive attitudes toward another
Baird's by chasing the latter from its territory in swooping
dives until the latter reached the outskirts of its territory.
13 June Barrow, Alaska
A 8 & F on Fresh Water Lake Road near AACS
Male displayed both wings straight up in the
air for a few seconds.
14 June Barrow, Alaska
A nest found in Brittm's Area with 4 eggs.
15 June Wainwright, Alaska
A 8 was startled off her nest northeast of
line II, a few hundred yards away. The same
wing display was immediate after jumping
from the nest area.
17 June Barrow, Alaska
A 8 displaying with song (dry trill, R.T. Holmes) and
moving the wing rapidly in a small arc. Another
shrilling or short song of a few notes occurs just
before the 8 lands. The 8 usually landed on a
large patch of snow just south of lines I & II
25 June Barrow, Alaska
A nest adjacent to AACS on turnoff to lines IX & X
from Fresh Water Lake Road with 4 eggs.