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The Attu chief stated that his island is within the wintering 

 range of the bufflehead, but he insisted that they also nest on 

 Attu, "up high." 



Stejneger (1887) reports the bufflehead as "an accidental visi- 

 tor during the winter of 1882-83" in the Commander Islands. 



Incidentally, this bird is mentioned in a number of records for 

 the Pribilof Islands. 



Clangula hyemalis: Oldsquaw 



Attu : Ang-lach 



Atka: A-lang-ach 



Unimak: Alg-nach' 



Russian, Commander Islands: Sofka (Stejneger) 



Russian, Yana region: Savka (Birula) 



Chukchi : Pojgochek, male 



Achak, female (Palmen) 



The oldsquaw is fairly common, especially in migration, and 

 has been reported by most writers on southwestern Alaska. It 

 occurs on Kodiak, and Osgood (1904) reports it from various 

 places at the base of Alaska Peninsula and the Bristol Bay region. 

 Einarsen (1922) reports several of these birds nesting near 

 Ugashik in 1922. Laing (1924) counted as many as 200 at Dolgoi 

 Island, March 23, 1924, and apparently he saw it in many other 

 unidentified localities. He collected a specimen at Kodiak, March 

 21, 1924. Dall (1873) considered it to be abundant east of 

 Unalaska. 



We noted the bird at various points : 2 migrating flocks on the 

 Gulf of Alaska, May 2, 1936; 150 birds at Chisik Island, Cook 

 Inlet, May 7 ; a flock of 30 in Shelikof Strait, May 13 ; 1 bird in 

 Nushagak Bay, May 23; and 2 birds on the flats at Ugashik 

 River, May 27. They are said to arrive at Chignik "late in the 

 fall." 



The oldsquaw is common in migration along the Alaska Penin- 

 sula and adjacent islands, but we were unable to establish nesting 



records. 



They are rather common in the Aleutians at certain seasons, 

 especially in winter. In 1925, I found them to be numerous 

 about False Pass in the latter part of April and in May. One 

 was seen in St. Catherine Cove as late as May 20, but none was 

 seen after that date. Beals and Longworth (field report) re- 

 corded them at False Pass and neighboring points on January 12, 

 13, and 19, 1941, and they observed them daily through March 

 and as late as April 10. 



Wetmore (manuscript notes) saw 2 birds at Unalaska Island 



