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                        inca, Nov. 10, 1955 I               28
Some cut from "F".  "F" looks rather like low intensity F. Seems to occur when bird gives brief      to another bird some distance (2-3 ft) away and slightly below.

Many Lileut Paruis
    Two birds just standing on rocks, hold fish longitudinally with bill.  Fly off in circular flights from time to time, usually returning to much the same spot.  Not getting any response except aurousal hostility from neighbors.
     Copulation attempt Again immediately preceded by male H with R.  The slight head movements definitely auros pareued by opening and closing of bill.  Couldn't hear sound.  Then male who has been standing in V (long neck, horizontal bill, not very "aug".)with ours.  Goethe ostellings and OCB's mounts.  Stand female behaves like female gull, caressing his breast, etc.  Then male attacked by neighbors general pandemonium female stands with agg" V
    Seen several apparently silent Stratihes (ST) By one bird when another lands closely.  By landing bird after landing near others.  Low intensity "greeting"?  Much of this St. looks like ( of Cht performance without sound.
    Some comments on LCN & related pattern.  Often anouyansed by incomplete or complete raising of wings.  This is obviously just
just over crit. mob. of flying, and the birds do a lot of it when "disturbed"  Birds also stand in LCN posture, with or without wing-lifting, but apparently silent.  This appears to be sort of Gape pattern (G) and may well be a low intensity version of the LCN pattern. 
   Explanitory note.  I put up blind yesterday afternoon in a spot where there had been many terns the day before, but yesterday there were no birds! Then this morning 6:00 a.m., there were lots of birds on rocks 50-200 yds away from blind. Now 6:35,they are making occasional flights over blind.

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