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that most of the remains that were examined were those of the 

 pelagic cormorant, but no doubt the red-faced cormorant would 

 be taken also where it is available. We found no remains of the 

 double-crested species, but that form is relatively scarce. 



On Amak Island, several carcasses of red-faced cormorants, 

 probably killed by peregrine falcons that nested nearby, were 

 found beneath the nesting ledges. Falcons are indicated as the 

 predator because eagles would have carried their prey away to 

 their feeding places. 



Glaucous-winged gulls persistently seek the cormorant's eggs, 

 and they are most successful when the parents are frightened 

 off the nests, thus exposing the eggs to predation. 



Family ARDEIDAE 



Ardea herodias: Great Blue Heron 

 Ardea herodias fannini 



The heron seldom enters the territory with which we are 

 concerned. Osgood (1901) reports, "A great blue heron was 

 seen at Hope by E. Heller." In the same general vicinity, May 8, 

 1936, the first mate of our ship reported seeing a heron early 

 in the morning, as we were approaching Anchorage. It was 

 recorded at Portage Bay (Nelson, 1887). So far as we know, 

 then, this heron reaches the western part of its range at about 

 the head of Cook Inlet. 



Family ANATIDAE 

 Olor columbianus: Whistling Swan 



Attu: Kon-kirch 



Qumqix (Jochelson — dialect not given) 

 Atka: Ko-kin-yeh (or ko-kin-e-reeh ?) 



Whistling swans nest on Kodiak Island and in suitable areas 

 along the Alaska Peninsula. Osgood (1904) specifically mentions 

 Swan Lake, Chulitna River, and "upper waters of the Nushagak 

 system, and near the Ugaguk River and Becharof Lake." 



Einarsen (1922) observed a swan with four young near 

 Ugashik on June 26, 1922, and Jaques (1930) observed eight 

 swans near Port Moller from May 24 to June 14, 1928. 



While in the Katmai region in September 1940, Cahalane 

 (1944) observed swans "from Kwichak River to Naknek," on 

 tundra pools, on Lake Grosvenor, mouth of Savanoski River, 

 between Iliuk Arm and Mount Katolinat and above New Savanoski 

 Village. 



