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personal communication) and 8-15 August 1985 (M. Brown et al., un- 

 published) and at the Kwethluk River on 25 July 1985 (M. Brown et al., 

 unpublished). M. J. Fry (unpublished) found birds that may have nested 

 at or near Kagati Lake, and White and Boyce (1978) found one bird on 

 the Kanektok River. 



Common loon (Gavia imtner), Uspm, Usr? (18 May-28 August). 



Common loons possibly nested in the Ahklun Mountains and mi- 

 grated along the coast. At Cape Peirce we saw migrants in spring (13 birds 

 during 18 May-1 June 1976) and occasionally in June-September in 

 inshore waters during storms (six observations). During the nesting 

 season, P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald (personal communication) 

 saw a common loon near Crooked Island on 22 June 1977, and we saw 

 birds at Togiak Bay and river mouth in summer. In inland areas, Mindell 

 (1983) found birds near Nyac; M. Brown et al. (unpublished) found birds 

 at the Kisaralik River on 10-17 August 1985; we saw an adult on Togiak 

 Lake on 3 August 1973; M. Brown et al. (unpublished) saw one bird on 

 17 June 1985 at the Eek River; M. J. Fry (unpublished) found breeding 

 plumage birds in summer 1962 at Kagati Lake; White and Boyce (1978) 

 saw a bird on the Kanektok River near Kagati Lake in June 1977. 



Yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii), VRv. 



One bird in breeding plumage flew over Cape Peirce on 3 September 

 1976. D. R. Herter et al. (personal communication) also saw one at Cape 

 Peirce on 8 June 1984. 



Homed grebe (Podiceps auritiis). Rv. 



Homed grebes were found in the Kilbuck Mountains, on the river 

 system between the Kilbuck and Ahklun mountains, and along the coast. 

 We found a homed grebe at the Tuluksak River in August 1952; B. J. 

 McCaffery (personal communication) found a bird at the Kisaralik River 

 on 17 June 1987; M. J. Fry (unpublished) found birds at Kagati Lake 

 (7-9 August 1962) and the Kanektok River (20 August 1962). We ob- 

 served several birds at Cape Peirce (10 observations, all adults) in 1973 

 during 17 May- 10 June and 28 August-24 September and in 1976 during 

 13-28 May and on 27 August, (5 observations); a single grebe was seen 

 at Summit Island on 11 July 1977 (P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald, 

 personal communication). 



Red-necked grebe {Podiceps grisegend), Uv (10 May-25 September). 



Red-necked grebes were found in the Ahklun and Kilbuck mountains 

 and on the coast. At coastal locations grebes were at Cape Peirce in July 



