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349
Gilmore PACIFIC FULMAR O
1931
an occasional bird or two will
pick up the ship and follow it for some distance. Perhaps a
dozen or more have been thus been
encountered in the last two days.
Last one seen was just off Point
Reyes. Invariably the birds are
dark plumaged.
E.D.
Notes from Commander Jones - Captain of
the Cutter "Northland".
1. Aug. 9, 1931 - 30 light colored birds were
feeding on the carcass of a walrus; 15
miles S. of Wainright.
2. Sept. 11-12, 1931 - between Cape Cheful,
Unalaska Is., and St. George Island -
Fulmars were always in light-light
colored birds.
3. Sept. 16, 1931 - "Fulmars in sight
all day - halfway between West Cape
(St. Lawrence Is.) and Krembell (St.
Lawrence Is.) - light colored the
varied somewhat - spot on end of
wing - no dark phase Fulmars."
"The rookeries between Boxer Bay
and West Cape were cormorants and
Kittiwakes - according to Geist (