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-Z^a> (> *SkWt , XXX 
1 . 
.sA snd . 
3*Aug 1946- 
Thule In the lake dotted marshy muskeg 
valley several niJe s above the airstrip I xound three 
fsrrPy gro ups of 1 ong-taH-ad-j-aegerSj-each- containing 
two adults an d one young . They Kept up a co ntinuous 
gull-like' chatter and screaming as they circled and 
wheel e d about, and di s pl - a ye-ck their-loiig streai.ier-Hii-e 
tail to best advantage. All oi the young cou ld fly 
well, tho one was still covered with down. The other 
two w e r e grayish; — I collected ono of th e^adults and 
found it even more beaut iful in t he hand than I had 
observed it thru the binoculars. I imagine it is one 
of th e most beautif ul of -northern birds. t 7. 
it /i-tscj, —.— 
