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record any for the base of Alaska Peninsula. However, Turner 

 (1886) reports seeing one at Nushagak on June 28, 1878. 



On June 14, 1940, Gabrielson noted one on Kodiak Island. The 

 bird from Kenai Peninsula is R. c. calendula, therefore the Kodiak 

 birds would undoubtedly be the same. 



Family MOTACILLIDAE 



Mofacilla alba: White Wagtail 

 Motacilla alba lugens 



During the expedition in 1913 and 1914 on which Joseph Dixon 

 and W. Sprague Brooks were the zoological collectors, several of 

 these wagtails were seen on the beach of Attu Island early in 

 May 1913, and, on May 4, an adult male was collected. This is 

 the only occurrence known for the Aleutian district; it was re- 

 ported by John E. Thayer and Outram Bangs in 1921. 



This bird is a regular migrant in the Commander Islands, 

 according to Stejneger (1885). 



Turner (1886) observed a wagtail at Attu Island on May 18, 

 3881, which he thought would be M. a. ocularis, though he men- 

 tions the possibility of its being M. a. lugens. The specimen was 

 not secured, and there must remain some doubt about the identity. 

 Turner quotes Seebohm to the effect that a specimen of Motacilla 

 amurensis had been collected by Wosnessensky on April 23, 1845, 

 on Oorogan Island "possibly either one of the Kurile or one of 

 the Aleutian Islands." Oorogan Island cannot be identified, there- 

 fore this record too must remain doubtful. 



Stejneger (1885) records a specimen from Bering Island. 



Mofacilla flava: Yellow Wagtail 

 Motacilla flava tschutschensis 



This wagtail is not common in the area here considered, though 

 it has been observed numerous times in the Bristol Bay region, 

 where it is considered to be a breeding species. Osgood (1904) 

 states that McKay and Johnson obtained four breeding birds at 

 Nushagak, and he concludes that "This is doubtless near the 

 southern limit of its breeding range on this continent." Turner 

 also (1886) found this bird at Nushagak in the breeding season. 



We did not find this bird on the Alaska Peninsula or in the 

 Aleutian chain, but Turner (1886) reports seeing one on Attu 

 Island on October 8, 1880. He adds that the bird does not breed 

 in the Aleutians. The 1931 Check List states that this wagtail 

 migrates through the western Aleutian Islands to eastern Asia. 



