NO. 2,2 BIRDS OF ALEUTIAN ISLANDS BENT II 



PHALACROCORAX PELAGICUS PELAGICUS 



Pelagic Cormnrant 

 This was the common Cormorant of general distrihutiiin among the 

 islands. We saw them at every island we visited, but found them 

 nowhere abundant and saw no breeding colonies. They were com- 

 monest in Kiska Harbor where we saw them sitting on the rocks in 

 small groups or flying out around our boat ; they were probably 

 prompted by curiosity for they usually circled about the boat several 

 times before flying away and were not much alarmed by our shooting. 

 Only a few of them had the nuptial plumage fully developed with 

 conspicuous white flank patches ; some had slight traces of white onl]5 

 and many were in the brown immature plumage, probably one year 

 old birds. A Cormorant collected by Mr. Wetmore, at Unalaska on 

 June 8, seems referable to rohustus. 



MERGUS SERRATOR 



Red-breasted Merganser 



\\'e saw these Mergansers on nearly all of the islands we visited. 

 Thev were generally distributed throughout the chain, breeding on 

 all suitable islands. We did not find any nests but saw a female with 

 a brood of nine young on Adak Island on June 26. 



ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS 



Mallard 

 Mallards were not common anywhere but we saw a few on Kiska 

 and on Tanaga Islands. On the former a female was seen with a 

 brood of young on June 19. Probably this species breeds sparingly 

 throughout the Aleutian Chain. 



NETTION CRECCA 



European Teal 



NETTION CAROLINENSE 



Green-winged Teal 

 The European bird is supposed to occur only rarely, or as a strag- 

 gler, in the Aleutian Islands and the American bird is recorded by 

 nearly all of the writers on Aleutian ornithology as the common 

 breeding Teal of the region. Teal of one of these species were 

 common on all of the islands ; we saw them frequently and found 

 them breeding in nearly all suitable places along the small water 

 courses and about small ponds. Mr. Wetmore found a nest contain- 



