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Identifier: contributionsing00ohiouoft (find matches)
Title: Contributions in geographical exploration
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Ohio State University
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Publisher: Columbus
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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June and the grown up young ones wereseen and taken plentifully in August. There is no greater sportfrom the standpoint of the bird student than to come suddenlyupon a brood of young mallards. The manner in which themother manages the situation and the ease with which theyoung as well as the old one disappear from view are matters ofinterest from the standpoint of the observer. Usually, it isfairly easy to procure one of the young for a short study if aspecimen is singled out and followed to its hiding place, but oneneed not be altogether discouraged if every one of the specimenssucceed in eluding him, and there is left only the excitementof the very brief confusion into which the ducks are thrown bythe surprise. Mareca americana (Gmelin). Baldpate. The American widgeon, as some of our hunters call it, wasseen occasionally and specimens were procured from smallbodies of fresh water near the mouth of Kalmai River. Thespecies does not appear to be as common in the region as themallard.
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Pelagic Cormorant at right; Horned Puffin at left. 480 The Ohio Journal of Science (Vol. XIX, No. 8, Clangula islandica (Gmelin). Barrow Golden-eye. Taken August 20, from a small lake. Observed at othertimes during the summer. From information gathered it is arather common species in the region. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus). Harlequin Duck. This species was always taken in immature plumage and isone of the commonest species of the region. Flocks were fre-quently observed swimming in open sea water or sunningthemselves in quiet coves along the shore. The people of Alaskacall them Kommonuskies and they are supposed to be veryhard to shoot. They rarely fly when shot at but dive insteadand returning to the surface within a few feet quite rapidly-move out of range. Somateria spectabilis (Linnaeus). King Eider. Hundreds of ducks were seen far out in Katmai Bay ondifferent occasions apparently lined up as if engaged in sys-tematic fishing. It was not possible always to be sure of the

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