Alaska field notes, v1299
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462 Gilmor Parasitic Jaeger D 1931 June 8 St. Michael, Alaska A dozen or so large jaegers were seen over the marshes & doubtfully identified as this species. They were about as common as the Long Tailed Jaeger and habits seemed similar. June 23 Savoonga, St. Lawrence St. Alaska. Quite common - generally found over tundra. Found one nest and took the parent birds. The rest was a mere slight depression on almost bare tundra almost bare of grass, two and contained two rather large eggs of dark background and dark blotches. The parent birds refused to leave the spot vicinity and continually soared over the spot occasionally making a sally at the intruder. They fed on the numerous minutus - Mr. Geist killed one that was feeding on the body of a mouse. July 13, Savoonga St. Lawrence St., Bering Sea, Alaska. Quite common here & over island. Generally seen over the tundra along