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Long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus), Cv, Rsr (J May- 

 25 August). Specimen: RMS 1974/ 119/02. 



We found long-tailed jaegers at all coastal locations most years and 

 recorded one inland at the Tuluksak River (Fig. 16) on 8 June 1974. Birds 

 were also at the Kisaralik River on 16-17 June 1987 (B. J. McCaffery, 

 personal communication), at the Kwethluk River on 11 July 1985 

 (M. Brown et al. , unpublished), at the Eek River in August 1976 (R. Baxter, 

 unpublished) and 18-26 June 1985 (M. Brown et al., unpublished), at 

 Kagati Lake on 3 August 1973 Q. L. Hout, personal communication), and 

 near Round Island (one bird) on 14 July 1974 (T. J. Eley, unpublished). 

 Jaegers were at Cape Peirce during 15 June-4 July 1981 (D. R. Herter and 

 D. Lloyd, personal communication) and 7June-19 July 1984 (D. R. Herter 

 et al., personal communication). P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald 

 (personal communication) suspected that jaegers nested on Hagemeister 

 Island in July 1977; D. F. Parmelee and J. M. Parmelee (unpublished) found 

 birds feeding and roosting (up to five individuals) in Chagvan Bay, and 

 found territorial birds nearby. We found territorial birds, possibly nesting, 

 along the coast between Goodnews and Chagvan bays and near Slug 

 Mountain in dwarf shrub mat habitat. In 1988 (during a local lemming 



Fig. l6. Long-tailed jaeger above the Tuluksak River, 8 June 1974. Photo by 

 D. N. Weir. 



