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fulmar came aboard into the fireroom by way of a ventilator. The bird 
was very tame and showed no fear of us and was given its freedom after 
we passed on its identity. One of the officers called it a “scupper bill’’ 
— anew name to me. 
Phalacrocorax auritus cincinnatus. Wuitre-cresteD Cormo- 
RANT.— Those I saw here I took to be of this variety. They were fre- 
quently seen about the bay and often high up, evidently travelling across 
the peninsula either to or from the Bering Sea side. 
Anas platyrhynchos. Ma.iarp.— Here in good numbers and breed- 
ing. Every inland trip we made we found these ducks in the marshes and 
about the ponds and streams. 
In front of our home camp was a pond with sedgy shores which was 
visited by a great variety of ducks and Mallards often came here early 
in the morning to feed. 
Mareca americana. Batppate.— On the 2nd of June near our camp 
on Big River, I saw a pair of these ducks, the only ones I noticed. 
Nettion carolinense. GREEN-WINGED TEAL.— Common and _ breed- 
ing. 
Dafila acuta. Prnrart.— Common and breeding. Saw my first one 
in a pond in front of camp on May 29; and from the 17th of June, when 
we returned there, until the 12th of July, a male and two females made the 
pond their headquarters — feeding and napping there. 
On the 4th of July, six lively ducklings appeared on the pond and some 
were seen on other days after this. I took them to be young Pintails, 
yet I never saw them with the old birds nor did the latter seem to pay 
any attention to them. Mallards and Green-winged Teal also visited this 
pond but not to such an extent as the Pintails and this causes me to think 
that the young were of the last named species. 
Marila marila. Scaup Duckx.— Very.common and breeds. 
Histrionicus histrionicus. Haritequin DucKk.— Fairly common. 
Seen on the rivers particularly near the mouth and among the rocks along 
the shore of bay. The first I saw were at Chignik on the 23rd of May; 
three of them in the gentle surf close to the sandy beach. While they are 
fairly watchful I found I could make a close approach by careful manage- 
ment. 
Somateria v-nigra. Paciric Erper.— Not very common. I saw 
but a few about the rocks close in shore. 
Oidemia perspicillata. Surr Scorrr.—I saw a large raft of these 
Ducks in the bay one day in June. 
Lobipes lobatus. NorrHEern PHALAROPE.— This is one of the most 
common and interesting of the smaller birds. Every pond had a pair 
or more. They could be seen almost any day on the pond in front of 
our camp. I found no nests nor saw any young, yet these birds breed- 
here. They are unsuspicious and allow very close approach. They are 
very graceful in the water, sit very high and seem to move about without 
any effort. I did not see them do the “ circling” act but noticed that 
