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Moller region in all sorts of pools on the tundra after June 1 

 until our departure on June 22." 



Gianini (1917) noted the species at Stepovak Bay as "one of 

 the most common and interesting of the smaller birds. Every 

 pond had a pair or more ... I found no nests nor saw any young, 

 yet these birds breed there." 



In 1911, Wetmore found these phalaropes evidently breeding 

 in the Morzhovoi Bay region. 



In 1925, I observed many northern phalaropes, obviously 

 breeding, in the wet valley bottom below Aghileen Pinnacles, on 

 Hazen Point, and on the marshes at Moffet Cove. Two males 

 that were collected June 15 had incubation patches, and, on July 

 19, Donald Stevenson saw a young bird. 



Turner (1886) says: "Hundreds of them were seen on the 

 low grounds on the northern side of Alaska." 



The northern phalarope also nests on many of the Aleutian 

 Islands. We found them on Unimak, Unalaska, Atka, Little 

 Tanaga, Adak, Amchitka, Ogliuga, Little Sitkin, Kiska, Little 

 Kiska, Buldir, Semichi, and Agattu. Swarth (1934) reports a 

 pair taken on Akutan. 



Wetmore found them nesting on Adak, Tanaga, and Kiska, and 

 he believed that they nested on Atka. 



Turner (1886) says that they are abundant on the western 

 islands in the Aleutian chain, and he adds that many of them 

 breed on Atka, Amchitka, Semichi, and Agattu. 



On Buldir Island, we were much interested to find two of these 

 birds high on the mountain, in the area occupied by nesting 

 geese. 



Stejneger reported the northern phalarope to be a common 

 breeding bird in the Commander Islands. 



Family STERCORARIIDAE 



Stercorarius pomarinus: Pomarine Jaeger 



Russian, Yana and Indigirka regions: Terbei (Pleske) 

 Chukchi: Aunuklinuadl'-ukanodlin (Palmen) 



According to Pleske, the Russian name "Terbei" applies to 

 jaegers in general. He states that in northern Siberia, people 

 of various languages use one name for all jaegers, adding "large" 

 or "small" for the different kinds. Similarly, among some 

 Eskimos I found that the same name was applied to parasiticus 

 and longicaudus. 



