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483.
Gilmore Sabine Gull (?)
1931 June & St. Michael Alaska
Very common on ponds back
of town - quite fearless of approach.
July 12 Sevoonga, St. Lawrence Is., Bering Sea
Alaska. Saw several during whole
stay on island. Near Camp Collier
I noticed a pair flying with the
Kittiwakes + later out the beach
at Sevoonga a pair (Deslected due)
were seen foraging.
Saw a single individual (immature?)
from the ship at Kotzebue. July 24.
Point Hope Arctic Ocean Alaska
Aug. saw a single individual on
a small lagoon at reindeer camp. Its
invasion was vigorously disputed by
a couple of Arctic Terns who failed
in the defense of their territory for
the gull finally lit among the grass
water but the edge of the tundra.
Aug. 7. On small lagoon near beach
I saw about 100 of these birds. They
were sitting everywhere on the water
or feeding on the leeward side where