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longitude 63° 53' west; 5 P. M.; temperature of air 44" F.; gentle 

 east southeast breeze ; cloudy ; sea smooth. "Mackerel Gulls" 

 {S. paradisea /) very common this afternoon. Northeast by east, 

 3.3 knots from latitude 44'' 22' north ; longitude 63" 53' west ; 6 P. 

 M.; temperature of air 44' P\; gentle east southeast wind ; sky 

 cloudy ; sea smooth. About 7 P. M., a large flock of Phalaropes 

 seen sitting on the water. One (/^. lobatus) was shot. Tow net 

 took a lot of "red feed" (copepods) here. Birds contained frag- 

 ments of copepods. Nothing found in proventriculum ; everything 

 in gizzards and intestines 



May 23. Latitude 44" 23' north ; longitude 63° 51' 30" west ; 7 

 P. M.; temperature of air 42.5° F. ; light east southeast breeze ; 

 cloudy ; sea smooth. Shot five Arctic Terns (^Sterna paradisea) and 

 three Phalaropes {P. lobatus). Terns had been eating Crustacea; 

 contained fragments. Phalarope had copepods in gi/zard. The 

 Terns were very common to-day. If one is wounded and utters a 

 cry when shot, the others will hover over it and everyone could be 

 killed. 



May 24. Latitude 44° 24' 45" north ; longitude 63° 27' west ; 5 

 P. M.; temperature of air 44° F.; gentle southeast breeze; sky 

 cloudy ; sea smooth. Surface net took a very few minute copepods 

 in ten minutes. Surface life is scarce. Terns {S. paradisea) have 

 been numerous all day. They were frequently observed to dive. 

 Phalaropes have been very common also, but so far away that it 

 was impossible to identify them. Those we succeeded in shooting 

 were (/*. lobattis) . Red Phalaropes {^Crymophihis fiilcarius) may 

 have been present, as some looked redder than others. 



May 25. Latitude 45° o' 45" north ; longitude 61° 28' 30" west ; 

 7 P. M,; temperature of air 46'' F.; light west southwest air ; sky 

 clearing ; moderate swell. All along a few flocks of Phalaropes 

 have been seen. A few "Medricks" {S. paradisea f) also observed. 



May 28. . Latitude 44° 49' i 5" north ; longitude 62° 9' 30" west ; 

 9 A. M.; temperature of air 45° P\; light north wind; sky cloudy; 

 moderate swell. Several small flocks of Phalaropes seen sitting on 

 the water. 



