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about Hazen Point, and they were seen elsewhere in Izembek 

 Bay. On June 20, they were still flying about in pairs. On that 

 date, a female was seen standing near a recently constructed nest 

 cavity. On June 30, 3 nests were found on small islands near 

 Point Grant ; 2 of these nests contained 9 and 10 eggs respectively. 

 The number of eggs in the third nest was not recorded. On July 

 26, a nest of seven eggs was found on a gull island. 



Residents stated that scaups nest on Unimak Island. 



Scaups were noted at intervals throughout the Aleutian chain. 

 Four or five were seen near Nikolski, Umnak Island, on May 

 30, 1937; 7, mostly males, were seen on Corwin Lake on Atka, 

 June 22, 1936; several were noted on Amchitka, July 1937 ; a flock 

 of 30 was seen on a lake on Kiska, July 26, 1936 (where half a 

 dozen were seen on June 4, 1937) ; and several pairs were seen on 

 Agattu Island in the middle of June 1937. Steenis observed four 

 pairs and a female there, and other members of the party observed 

 paired scaups. On June 15, 1937, on Agattu, I found a scooped- 

 out nest cavity with a little down and some white breast feathers, 

 which I thought to be a scaup nest. Austin H. Clark (1910) 

 found this species to be rather common at Attu and Agattu. 



Chase Littlejohn (manuscript notes) says, "Found breeding 

 at Sanak, Ukamuk [Chirikof Island], and Morzhovoi Bay, each 

 nest contained nine eggs. They congregate in large flocks in 

 winter at Sanakh and remain so until spring, when they pair off 

 and begin nesting." 



The Attu chief assured us that scaups nest on Attu and winter 

 there. On Kanaga Island, also, we were assured that scaups are 

 plentiful in winter, and that they become very tame around the 

 dock. 



Taber found them wintering at Adak, and for Unalaska Island 

 Cahn reports — 



An abundant winter inhabit-^ of all the larger bays, in common with the 

 Harlequin ducks and white-winged scoters. The greatest numbers occur in 

 December and January, and the species disappears entirely in April as a 

 rule; May 3, 1946 is the latest recorded date. It returns again a few at a 

 time, in September and October, gradually increasing in abundance. 



Sutton and Wilson found scaups wintering at Attu Island. 



At Unimak Island, March 1, 1941, Beals and Longworth ob- 

 served two rafts, of at least 1,500 scaups each, on Swanson 

 Lagoon, and a trapper assured them that these ducks spend the 

 winter there. 



In several localities, mention was made of the scaup's habit of 

 assembling near docks. In some cases, at least, fish offal appears 



