492 Gilmore ARCTIC TERN (2) 1931 Lagoon + on this same sand area 75 x 70 yds, rested Pacific Eider + Emperor Goose. The rest of the terns were mere depressions in the sand + the eggs, 2 in number + dark. The birds arose in a cloud + circled 50- 75 yds over my head, screaming in raucous crys as long as I joked around the nests. Fairly common along the Alaskan Coast from Nome to Point Hope, which is the extent of the coast line I have covered in the last couple of weeks July 18-29. Point Hope, Arctic Ocean, Alaska Aug. While traveling the length of the Pt. Hope peninsula I saw many of these terns, both about the trackish water lagoons + over the surf along the beach. Several times I was "attacked" by these birds as I was walking along the narrow sand spit. Once, a lone bird dashed at my head twice + yet again from a height of 50 or so