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Gilmore WATER OUZEL I
1931 Sept. 11. Unalaska, Unalaska Is., Aleutian
Is., Alaska. Spec. No. 2086 was taken
on the stream flowing into Gull Lake
just South East of town.
Sept. 19 Spec. No. 2154 was taken on
the stream that flows into Suck Lagoon
back of Immme's Bay. I was upstream
from it when it flew and it circled
off below, swinging back and flew
upstream. I followed the stream up
for several hundred yards before I
found it. The tendency to escape this
occasion was certainly upstream rather
than downstream. The testicles are
black.
Oct. 2 English Bay, N. Unalaska Is., Aleutians.
Spec. No. 2218; 2219 were taken at
the mouth of the stream at the head
of English Bay and one of them exhibited the
following antics. At my approach around
a bend it flushed about 15-yds to a
small rock in the stream. When I
shot, it tumbled off into the swift
current and was carried rapidly down
stream, aiding its progress by short jerk
jerky diving motions. It sunk very low