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Cahalane (1944) found this duck "numerous in the upper por- 

 tion of the Naknek River, September 4." They were also abundant 

 in Amalik, Kaflia, and Kukak Bays on October 5 and 7. Hine 

 (1919) considered it to be a common species in the Katmai Bay 

 area, and he obtained a specimen there. 



Thus, it would appear that the Barrow's goldeneye is confined 

 pretty much to the basal part of Alaska Peninsula, adjacent is- 

 land groups, and mainland areas as a breeding bird. The Ameri- 

 can common goldeneye, on the other hand, is the form generally 

 encountered to the westward, as a migrant. There are no data to 

 show that any goldeneye nests west of the more or less tree- 

 covered base of Alaska Peninsula. 



Bucephala albeola: Bufflehead 



Attu : Ckirr-u-num Sakh-oi-a 

 Atka : Mith-i-me-thruh 



The bufflehead occurs sparsely throughout the Aleutian district. 

 Friedmann's data (1935) show that this duck is rather common 

 on Kodiak Island, and that it nests there. Osgood (1904) reports 

 that "two specimens were seen at Cold Bay October 17 among 

 some ducks killed on the bay by natives. One was taken at 

 Nushagak by McKay, May 2, 1882." 



We noted at least six buffleheads at Port Chatham, Kenai Penin- 

 sula, May 6, 1936. At Chignik, we were told that buffleheads are 

 seen there in autumn. Gabrielson has seen them at Cold Bay, at 

 the Shumagin Islands, and at Sanak Island. 



We found two females in a pond at Ikatan Peninsula, Unimak 

 Island, May 19, 1936. Beals and Longworth noted one at False 

 Pass, March 7, 1941, and four on Ikatan Peninsula on April 15, 

 1941. 



Turner (1888) says that this duck occurs in winter at Unalaska, 

 where he obtained specimens, and he adds that they are rare to 

 the westward, where they are present only in winter. Gabriel- 

 son found them in winter at Unalaska, Atka, Amchitka, and 

 Umnak. Over a period of 4 years, Cahn saw only one bufflehead 

 at Unalaska Island (on February 22, 1944). 



Ray Clark, storekeeper on Umnak Island, said that butterballs 

 (buffleheads) remain there in winter. 



Wetmore (manuscript notes) says that R. H. Beck saw a pair 

 of buffleheads in a pond back of Atka village on June 13, 1911; 

 Laing (1925) saw "fully thirty-five" in a small lagoon on Adak 

 Island on April 11, 1924. And Taber found the species wintering 

 at Adak, where there were 32 birds noted in a census on January 

 13, 1946. 



