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on June 7 and 11, 1911, and McGregor (1906) collected 1 female 

 in worn plumage on July 20, 1901, at Tigalda Island. 



Cahn often found them wintering at Unalaska Island; the 

 earliest date was November 3, 1943, and the latest date was April 

 19, 1946. Taber found them wintering at Adak. 



We did not see many oldsquaws in the Aleutians; however, at 

 Atka Island we were told by the natives that they formerly had 

 nested on that island, but not "since the foxes came." The natives 

 said that these birds winter on Atka and Kanaga in large num- 

 bers. The Atka chief assured us that these ducks nest on 

 Amchitka — he stated that although he had seen the young, he 

 had not seen any nests. 



Kiska Island appears to be one of the favorite localities for 

 the oldsquaw. This island was mentioned by Dall as the western 

 limit of its range. We saw several birds there as late as June 4 

 and 5, 1937, and Wetmore reported them to be fairly common 

 near the entrance to Kiska Harbor, June 17 to 21, 1911. We also 

 found oldsquaw remains in two bald-eagle nests on that island; 

 oldsquaw remains were also found on West Unalga, and in eagle 

 nests on Rat and Little Sitkin Islands. 



Dall (1874) said that the oldsquaw was resident as far west 

 as Kiska, but that it was not abundant. We learned from the 

 Attu natives that it nests on Agattu and is abundant in the Near 

 Islands in winter. This is substantiated by the report by Sutton 

 and Wilson on Attu. The oldsquaws wintered there, and after 

 March 4 they were observed courting. Turner (1886) said that 

 few of these birds nested in the Aleutians, but that many of 

 them wintered there. In 1887, Stejneger reported oldsquaws 

 "breeding numerously on Bering Island." Gabrielson also ob- 

 served them wintering as far west as Atka. 



To sum up, Turner's statement (see above) applies very well 

 to the Aleutian district as a whole. 



Histrionicus histrionicus: Harlequin Duck 



Attu : Kagh'-i-ach 



Atka: Kagh'-a-thi-ga 



Unalaska : Kang-a-rich 



Unimak: Kang-ath'-a-gich 



Russian, Commander Islands: Kamenuschka (Stejneger) 



This is the most abundant duck in the Aleutian Islands. We 

 found harlequin ducks at practically every island that we visited, 

 singly sometimes, generally in small groups, and occasionally 

 in larger flocks. It is safe to say that, at one time or another, 

 harlequin ducks occur at every island, large or small, from Uni- 



