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554.
Gilmore Aleutian Rosy Finch (3)
1931
peak or in the campas. 20-25 individuals made up the flocks and
they fly around with a reckless abandon and devil-may-care attitude,
under delayed follow-the-leader impulse
from any leader whom whose actions
may happen to seem desirable to the
majority. Sometimes they fly long
distances in a straight course, as if
bound for some rendezvous; at
other times they scatter around,
veering from camp wall to camp
wall or from pinnacle to pinnacle
with no apparent object or purpose.
One such wandering flock was
broken up in consternation by the
sudden dive of a Duck Hawk into
this midst, but they soon assembled
again and resumed their aimless
erratic course.
Oct. 20 Akutan Bay, Akutans.
Spec. 2273-74-75 were killed halfway
up the rocky rat. in rear of the whaling
station as I walked up in a cold drizzle
of rain and hail. Evidently they
were curious about my intrusion for