Alaska field notes, v1299
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520 Gilmore LEAST AUKLET. (4) 1931 they take refuges in the rookeries for none are to be seen in the water. However, as soon as it gets rough smooth & calm out they come again and many flocks may see be seen. The color of the iris is white. I saw no natives netting any, tho I am told they do. St Geist states that the entrails of the birds are allowed to stand for a while in seal oil or blubber+ then eaten. Noted occasionally along the coast from Teller to Point Hope Sept. 1. St. Matthew Is., Bering Sea. On the moss grown boulders at the flanks of the high precipitous cliff of Glory of Russia Cape, I saw as a few of these feathered "bees" as I climbed about on that sunny afternoon. Evidently they rested among these rocks for it is the type of habitat they seem to like when not on the water. Foxes are