Gilmore LEAST AUKLET (6) 1931 they popped up and tried to take wing. The attempt was generally successful but only after much frantic kicking & bouncing on the wave tops. The bellies were quite light colored and the white plumes on the head were easily visible. Several account of the manner in which Least Auklets are netted by the natives on King Island in the northern part of the Bering Sea by the natives. The native with a net 3'4' in diameter on the end of a 10-15' pole gets a few as they fly close over the blow of the sea cliffs. Then stringing the live captive birds thru the nostrils he hoists the line of struggling flopping birds between two upright poles some 10-15' apart. Then he states assumes a crowded position right under & somewhat behind the birds which are thus practically endeavoring to fly away but are held by the string thru their nostrils. Their struggle attract other flocks