499 Silmo 1931 PALLAS MURRE (2) yards off shore, but never have I seen them cut across the spit over the tundra, even at the neck of the spit. If the flocks are working between Liburne & Thompson, they seem to prefer to fly the 30 miles length on each side of the peninsula. "Crowbill" Duck" is the colloquial name here. Aug 4. Was out on the north beach & point this aft. in cold fog & south wind. Hundreds of these Murre were flying low & close to the beach, westward along the north shore, & a few westward along the south shore. The main V shaped flocks from the east on the North Shore swinging around the Point & headed south over the open ocean. The When a flock from the east on the south shore met a flock from the east in the north shore, the former joining into the latter & the combined flock headed south. Migrating southward? Aug 7 Very numerous on the north shore and all were flying west. Often