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nesting season, and we found that the natives 'did not recognize 

 pictures of the bird, yet the bird assuredly occurs in these is- 

 lands. We noted pintails on a lake on Umnak Island May 30, 

 1937, and on August 23, 1937, Steenis obtained a specimen there. 

 On June 16, 1936, C. S. Williams reported a pair on Amukta Is- 

 land. Laing (1925) saw a small flock at Kuluk Bay, Adak Island, 

 April 13, 1924. We noted a pair among the lakes at the south- 

 east point of Kiska Island on June 5, 1937, and, in the same vicin- 

 ity, on June 21 we saw two males and a female. Remains of a 

 pintail were found in a bald eagle's nest on the north side of Little 

 Sitkin Island, and, on June 17, 1937, a pair was observed on 

 Alaid Island, of the Semichi group, which is near the western 

 end of the chain. On Attu Island, Wilson (1948) found three 

 pairs that he thought to be nesting. 



Undoubtedly, all these records denote nesting throughout the 

 Aleutian chain, though successful nesting in recent years may be 

 adversely affected by the blue-fox industry. 



Stejneger (1887) says pintails are very numerous on Bering 

 Island, but less common on Copper Island. 



Turner did not think pintails wintered in the Aleutians; how- 

 ever, he recorded them at Unalaska as late as November. More- 

 over, Beals and Longworth (field report) state that pintails are 

 plentiful in winter in the vicinity of Unimak Island. On March 1, 

 a flock of 25 was recorded; on March 16, 2 were noted; on March 

 26, a flock of 23 was noted. Moreover, Taber observed a flock of 

 48 that were wintering at Adak, in 1945-46. 



Anas falcata: Falcated Teal 



Rowland Wilson (1948) reports an unusual observation, in part, 

 as follows: 



On May 23 and 24, 1945, Lt. C. L. Stone and I observed a male and female 

 of this handsome species, together with two Tufted Dueks and three male 

 and four female Greater Scaups, on a little "pothole" pond inland from 

 Murder Point [Attu Island]. We had abundant opportunity to watch the 

 teals, for they were not shy. On the 24th we saw the male diving several 

 times. He went under rather awkwardly, giving us the impression that 

 he was not used to such activity. The female did not dive while we watched 

 her. . . . Possibly they had been blown in from the west by a recent storm. 



