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29. Puffinus tenuirostris (Temm.). Slender-billed Shearwater. 

 Kotzebue Sound, two specimens (Dall, Grinnell). 



30. Oceanodroma furcata (Gmel.). Forked-tailed Petrel. 

 Two specimens obtained in Kotzebue Sound (Nelson). 



31. Phalacrocorax pelagicus robustus Ridg. Violet-green Cormorant. 

 Not common; seen at Chamisso Island (Grinnell.) 



32. Merganser americanus (Cass.). American Merganser. 

 Seen and specimens obtained along the Kowak River (McLenegan). 



33. Merganser serrator (Linn.). Red-breasted Merganser. 



Common throughout the Kotzebue Sound Region (Nelson, Townsend, Mc- 

 Lenegan, Grinnell). 



34. Anas boschas Linn. Mallard. 



Found breeding along north shore of Kotzebue Sound (Nelson). Kowak 

 River, not common (Grinnell). 



35. Mareca americana (Gmel.). Baldpate. 



Common throughout the Kotzebue region (Bean, Nelson, Townsend, McLen- 

 egan, Grinnell). 



36. Nettion carolinensis (Gmel). Green-winged Teal. 



Fairly common throughout Kotzebue region (Nelson, Townsend, McLenegan, 

 Grinnell). 



37. Spatula clypeata (Linn.). Shoveller. 



A few observed in middle of September at Kscholtz Bay (Nelson). 



38. Dafila acuta (Linn.). Pintail. 



Abundant throughout the Kotzebue region (Nelson, Townsend, McLenegan, 

 Grinnell). 



39. Aythya marila (Linn.). Scaup Duck. 



Common throughout the Kotzebue region (Nelson, Grinnell). 



40. Clangula clangula americana (Bonap.). American Golden-eye. 

 One pair seen on the lower Noatak River (McLenegan). 



41. Harelda hyemalis (Linn.) Old-squaw. 



Abundant throughout the Kotzebue region, principally coastwise (McLene- 

 gan, Grinnell). 



42. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linn.) Harlequin Duck. 

 Kotzebue Sound and Kowak River, not common (Nelson, Grinnell). 



43. Somateria v-nigra Gray. Pacific Eider. 



Common along the coast of Kotzebue Sound (Nelson, Grinnell). Noatak 

 River, one noted (McLenegan). 



44. Oidemia americana Swains. American Scoter. 



Common coavStwise and up the river valleys (Nelson, Townsend, Grinnell). 



45. Oidemia deglandi Bonap. White-winged Scoter. 

 Coastwise, not common (Nelson, Grinnell). 



