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Title: Report upon natural history collections made in Alaska between the years 1877 and 1881
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Nelson, Edward William, 1855-1934 Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930 True, Frederick William, 1858-1914 Bean, Tarleton H. (Tarleton Hoffman), 1846-1916 Edwards, William H. (William Henry), 1822-1909
Subjects: Zoology -- Alaska Birds -- Alaska Bibliography
Publisher: Washington, Govt. Print. Off
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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e Upper Yukon. All the Jaegers are very destructive to the eggs of other birds, and iu spring nests of variouswater-fowl are often destroyed by them. Like the other Jaegers, this species moves south during September. The long-tailed speciesis less frequently found at sea than the last, and is rarely found about the ice-pack north of BeringStraits. The swiftness and dexterity with which they pursue gulls and force them to disgorge is abeautiful sight to witness, and while cither of the small terns or gulls can drive the Jaegers fromthe vicinity of their nests yet the latter rob them of their prey at pleasure. While I was campingat the Yukon mouth a pair of these birds made their haunt in the vicinity of my tent aud fedupon the offal thrown upon the ice a few yards from the door. They soon became very familiarand were always ou hand hovering close overhead when we came in from a hunt. They wouldstand about within a few yards and watch us with wistful eyes ready to pounce upon any morsel
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PACIFIC KITTIWAKE tvida. )/ RODGERS^S FULMAR f/a poll icrtriti . Fii I n, n ru s nIarialiH rnHorr. Fig.3. WHITE-CRESTED CORMORANT, in w,nterPhalavrocorn.r ditophus ri)i cin n t us .Fig. 4.. ^ Fig. 5. HORNED PUFFIN, in summer. TUFTED PUFFIN, >n summer. Fratercula cornicu/ato. Lunda riirliata. BIRDS. 49 tossed them, aud if a fragmeut was held up iu the baud tliej would hover a few feet over it,although not daring to come closer. They also soon became used to our shooting and scarcelynoticed it even when near by. Unfortunately our compauiouship lasted only about ten days, whenI broke camp, and so lost the opportunity of gaining their complete confidence. After the firstfew days they seemed to appropriate the camp aud made a fierce attack upon any others of theirkind that chanced near. This is the common Jaeger at Point Barrow, where ^Murdoch did not find it breeding. It ap-pears to be rare on the Near Islands, where Turner saw only two. Gavia alba (Gunu.). Ivory Gull. Specimens of thi

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