Observations on the Behaviour of Certain Arctic Birds

Report on observations on 14 species of birds (loons, old squaw, ptarmigan, plover, jaegers, sandpipers, phalarope, gulls, tern) made in Mackenzie District in summer 1955, mostly near the mouth of the Anderson River (69 59 N, 129 W). Calls, alarm or distraction behavior, play, courtship, attack real...

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Main Author: Höhn, E.O.
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Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1958
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