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considered to be winter residents there, and A. C. Bent (1925) 

 says they occur sparingly east to Sanak Island. Friedmann (1934) 

 records a humerus from native-village middens on Kodiak Is- 

 land. Dall (1873) records it as rare at Unalaska as a winter 

 visitor, leaving there in May for northern nesting grounds. 



Surprisingly enough, Turner (1886) says "This species occurs 

 among all the Aleutian Islands, where it breeds and is a constant 

 resident, but extremely shy." This certainly is not the case 

 today. Dall's statement, above, would seem to be more credible. 



Melanitta deglandi: Whi+e-winged Scoter 

 Melanitta deglandi dixoni 



Attu: Tru-pan-ach (obviously of Russian origin) 

 Atka : T a-mu-ghd-luli 



Russian, Commander Islands: Turpan (Stejneger) 



The Kanddgix of Jochelson (dialect not indicated) may possibly refer to 

 this duck. 



White-winged scoters have always been common along the 

 southern Alaskan coasts in spring migration, and in the course 

 of several voyages they have been noted regularly in late April 

 and early May along the southeastern Alaskan waters, as well as 

 farther west. In 1936, we noted a few at Seward on May 5; 

 at least 20 were noted at Port Chatham, Kenai Peninsula, on 

 May 6; a few individuals were seen among the Barren Islands, 

 May 10 and 11; and several were noted at Kodiak. They were 

 common in Kupreanof Strait on May 13. 



In the fall of 1940, Cahalane found that scoters were numerous 

 in the Kodiak-Afognak area. Early in September, he found them 

 to be abundant in Naknek River, but none were seen by the end 

 of September. He says (1944), "On the Pacific side of the area 

 scoters were very numerous during the first half of October. 

 They were 'abundant to very abundant' along the entire main- 

 land coast from Katmai Bay to Point Nukshak." 



On June 16, 1940, Gabrielson noted 100 scoters near Whale 

 Island. 



Osgood (1904) observed a flock of six scoters on Neekahweena 

 Lake, about halfway up the Chulitna River on August 14. 



Chase Littlejohn, referring to the area between Kodiak Island 

 and the west end of Alaska Peninsula in 1887-88, wrote, "Seen 

 often during winter. I saw a number of birds at Ukanuk in 

 summer where I am sure they breed but for want of time I 

 did not succeed in finding their nests." 



In 1936, we found these ducks to be abundant in Nushagak 



