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63 Ch [[checkmark]]
15 T [[checkmark]]
9 M [[checkmark]]
1 OG [checkmark]]
3 HD [[checkmark]]
8 TT [[checkmark]]
2 HT [[checkmark]]
[[tally line]]
101

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[[tally line]]
101 

Ring-bill  May 16, 1955
I

Monday,
May 16

Arrive Pelican Island 11:00 a.m. appr. Clear Cold. Windy. 11:30 am.

[[left margin]] [[shaded diamond]]³ [[shaded diamond]] 
Ch¹. Ch². Ch³. T¹. T². M¹-Ch⁴-M²-Ch⁵-Ch⁶-Ch²-Ch⁸-Ch⁹ M3-Ch¹⁰-M⁴-Ch¹¹-OG¹-Ch¹²-Ch¹³. Ch¹⁴-Ch¹⁵-Ch¹⁶-Ch¹². M⁵-Ch¹⁸-Ch¹⁹-Ch²⁰ Ch²¹. Ch²². M⁶. Ch23. Ch24. Ch25-Ch26-Ch27 Ch28. Ch29-Ch30.Ch31.Ch32.Ch33.Ch34.Ch35. T3-T4-T5. Ch36.Ch37. One attack by male upon female.  M7-HD1-TT1-T6-T7 Ch38. M8.  Ch39.Ch40.Ch41.Ch42. Ch43 Ch44.Ch45 Ch46.Ch47 Ch48.Ch49 Ch50. TT2. T8. TT3. TT4. M9. TT5-T9-T10-T11-TT6-T12-T13-T14. HF1.Ch51.Ch52. HF12 T15. Ch53.Ch54.Ch55.Ch56. HD2-TT7-Ch63 HD3-TT8-Ch57. Ch58. Ch59 Ch60 Ch61. Ch62.

O (of the PCC type) precedes Cop Call which precedes mounting.

Ch (sitting down) with tail much higher than in most gulls - although not as high as in the extreme Choking of the Bh.G 12:45

Ground color of bill varies from pale greyish yellow [[arrow pointing right]] to a peculiar bright dark orange-yellow (as if yellow ochre paint had been put on a grey background [[arrow pointing right]] to a bright dark orange. Bill tip always lighter often almost whitish

"Anxiety" LCN directed toward Pelican. Again combined with P.

Eye closed is difficult to analyse. In some rather aggressive U and FR postures, where it couldn't be real "appeasement." In these cases both eyes seemed to be equally closed (but only partially). 1:55

Confirm. Eye half shut is certainly more aggressive than not. Also high intensity conflict for the display involved? Possibly usually a sexual element involved? (As in some U's and M's.)

Pronounced eye closing (call it "Squint") in bird after escape. Standing in moderate U. Squint most pronounced on side toward opponent

Squint certainly seems to be very common in FR.

Transcription Notes:
Numbers penciled in above observation letters Note on page 195: changed [[female/male symbol]] to either female or male as requested by transcription center