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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