38 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 217 



Anas carolinensis Gmelin 



6 males May 24-June 26 weight (6) 293-379, 



average 332 g. 

 3 females May 20, 29 weight (3) 285, 297, 



334, average 343 g. 



The first green-winged teal were reported seen at Tuluak Lake on 

 May 20, 1949, May 22, 1950, May 11, 1951, and May 18, 1953. As 

 Korualorgosik, meaning "smaller than pintail," they are well known 

 in migration and as summer residents. The nests had not been found 

 but on May 20, 1951, a female contained an egg 26 mm. long. The 

 bird then weighing 410 grams. In the cold spring of 1952, teal were 

 not seen until June 2 when the testes of a drake were 35 mm. in length 

 and a duck contained a 12-mm. egg. Two days later a small duck 

 contained a 35-mm. egg. About this time numerous pairs and single 

 teal were present in the Valley. On June 5, 1950, Eaymond Paneak 

 found a nest with 6 eggs. On July 11, 1950, a female with 9 downy 

 young, the wing feathers just showing, swam from Nakagnik Creek 

 to Tuluak Lake. Young birds are seen each summer. In 1950 they 

 were last reported seen August 27. 



The teal nest in the Valley regularly and some migrate northward. 

 Because they keep much in cover and do not congregate in flocks, 

 they are probably a larger population than appearances indicate. 



Mareca anvsricana (Gmelin) 



2 males May 24, 1949 weight (1), 714 g. 



The first American widgeon were seen May 24, 1949, May 20, 1950, 

 and May 13, 1953. The Nunamiut name is Kofv.akn<ik^ meaning "like 

 pintail." Small groups arrive in spring and they are occasionally seen 

 in summer, but no nests have been found in the mountains. In 1948, 

 an adult and six young were seen on the west side of Tuluak Valley. 

 A female and about eight large downy young were seen August 6, 

 1950, on a lake about four miles north of Akmalik Creek in the Killik 

 Valley. They are less numerous residents than green-winged teal, 

 and they are estimated to be fewer in migrating numbers, but they 

 are usual summer residents and nest in the mountains. 



Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus) 



1 male Jmie 1, 1953 weight 578 g. 



Two shovelers were reported by Thomas Brower on May 23, 1949, 

 and one on May 26. Since he has obtained specimens of shovelers at 

 Barrow his identification is correct. Simon Paneak recalled seeing 



