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March 21 and 22, 1924 ; however, those were immature birds, or 

 females, and identification of the species was doubtful. Turner, 

 also, records this duck for Unalaska in December, and he says 

 that it winters there. 



Cahn reports the goldeneye for Unalaska Island, saying, 



Strictly a winter visitor, present in considerable numbers but never in 

 large flocks. Goldeneyes drift in by one's and two's in late October (October 

 24, 1943), and are common in the larger bays during the period of December 

 through February, at which time they disappear far more abruptly than 

 they arrive. April 11, 1946, is the latest recorded date; this is unusually 

 late. 



Laing observed an unidentified goldeneye at Adak Island, and 

 at Attu Island he positively identified two adult males that "were 

 found ardently courting in a flock of six." 



Taber found goldeneyes wintering at Adak Island in 1945-46. 



When shown colored illustrations, the Attu chief picked out the 

 common goldeneye and said it was plentiful there in winter, 

 arriving in November and (he thought) leaving early in March. 



Sutton and Wilson found them wintering at Attu. Stejneger 

 (1885) reported that the European common goldeneye occurred 

 at the Commander Islands in winter in small numbers. 



Because there are so few specimens, and because racial identi- 

 fication cannot be ascertained in the field, it would be possible 

 that the Old World form (keeping in mind that it is recorded 

 from the Pribilofs) occurs in the western Aleutians and has not 

 been detected. In the case of this form, we are leaning heavily 

 on assumed geographical distribution. 



Bucephala islandica: Barrow's Goldeneye 



We saw several Barrow's goldeneyes at Seward, May 5, 1936; 

 at least 12 at Port Chatham, Kenai Peninsula, on May 6; 2 at 

 Chisik Island, Cook Inlet, May 7; and 1 male at Kodiak Island, 

 May 13. Friedmann (1935) has given a number of records for 

 Kodiak Island, and Gabrielson noted them in winter and fall at 

 Unalaska and Kodiak-Afognak Islands. 



With regard to the base of Alaska Peninsula, Osgood (1904) 



reported — 



One was seen on the Nogheling River July 20, and one was killed there 

 some days later; another was shot by W. L. Fleming on a small pond near 

 the head of Lake Clark July 28. Several immature birds were killed at 

 the mouth of the Chulitna River August 4. Rather common at intervals 

 along the Chulitna River August 12 to 17; generally seen in family parties 

 of 6 to 10. Near Swan Lake a flock of about 15 was seen feeding on a shal- 

 low lake in company with a flock of 10 swans. Seen almost daily in pairs 

 or small flocks along the Malchatna and upper Nushagak September 3 to 6. 



