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tion), seen at the Kwethluk River on 21 July 1985 (1 bird; M. Brown et al., 

 unpublished), and seen at the Eek River on 24 (1 bird) and 26 June 1985 

 (<5 birds; M. Brown et al., unpublished). Two pairs were in marshy ponds 

 near Chagvan Bay on 20 May 1987 (D. F. Parmelee and J. M. Parmelee, 

 unpublished). At Cape Peirce, broods were found on 25 June (one with 

 eight downies) and 1 6 July 1981 (one with seven almost fully feathered 

 young; D. R. Herter and D. Lloyd, personal communication), on 25 June 

 1984 (one with three downies, 4-5 days old; D. R. Herter et al., personal 

 communication), and on 21 July 1970 (one with six partially feathered 

 young). 



Baikal teal (Anas formosa), VRv. 



Petersen saw a single male in definitive alternate plumage in a small 

 pond near Nanvak Bay on 1 May 1976. Previous observations in Alaska 

 are of birds north of the Bering Strait and the Pribilof Islands (Kessel and 

 Gibson 1978). 



MallaiTi(Anasplatyrhynchos> Cspm, Rsr, Cftn (28 April-10 October). 



Mallards nested throughout the study area and migrated along the 

 coast. We found a few pairs of mallards using ice-free areas of Nanvak Bay 

 and nearby ponds during the 1976 spring migration (28 April- 17 May; 

 peak 2 May) and a few groups of one to four birds during the 1973 fall 

 migration (5-l6 September 1973). Inland, mallards nested at the Tuluk- 

 sak and Salmon rivers and were seen near Togiak Lake in summer. 

 Mallards were also found at the Kwethluk River (one on 23 July 1985; 

 M. Brown et al., unpublished), at the Kanektok River (White and Boyce 

 1978; J. L. Hout, personal communication), and on the Eek River (R. Bax- 

 ter, unpublished; M. Brown et al., unpublished). They were seen in 

 coastal areas in summer near Goodnews and Chagvan (D. F. Parmelee 

 and J. M. Parmelee, unpublished) bays, and nested at Nanvak Bay in 1981 

 (D. R. Herter and D. Lloyd, personal communication). A male mallard was 

 seen near the mouth of Nanvak Bay on 25 June 1970 (H. P. Brokaw, 

 unpublished). Aerial surveys of the coastal area in late fall included 

 60 mallards seen in 1980 (6 October; R. Gill, Jr., and R. King, unpub- 

 lished), 115 in 1982 (6 October; R. J. King and K. S. Bollinger, unpub- 

 Ushed), 200 in 1985 (10 October; R. J. King and W. D. Eldridge, unpub- 

 lished), 20 in 1987 (2 October; R. J. King and W. D. Eldridge, 

 unpublished), 2,956 in 1988 and 1,581 in 1989 (8 and 7 October, 

 respectively; R. J. King and L. Denlinger, unpublished). 



Mallards nested in 5 of 1 1 years along 48 km of major streams at the 

 Tuluksak River. We found one pair in 1962; no mallards in 1974, 1976, 

 1980, 1981, 1986, and 1987; one female with young and a single female 

 in fall 1977; a probably nesting female in 1978; and a single female with 



