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and Security Cove during an aerial survey on 23 April 1981 (C. P. Dau, 

 unpublished), and along the entire coastal area, 2 were seen in 1984 (28 

 April; C. P. Dau, unpublished), 5 in 1985 (12 May; C. P. Dau and R. J. King, 

 unpubUshed), 9 in 1988 (3 May; R. J. King and C. P. Dau, unpublished), 

 and 36 in 1989 (4 May; R. J. King and C. P. Dau, unpublished). Birds 

 migrated past Cape Peirce during spring 1973 (28 April-4 June, peak, 4 

 May) and 1976 (30 April- 1 June-^>eak, 12 May) and again in summer 

 Gune-July) 1970, 1976 (this study), 1984, and 1985 (Herter et al. 1989). 

 Molt migration of scoters peaked on 1 1 July 1984 and 1985 (Herter et al. 

 1989) at 1 , 180 birds per hour in 1984 (Woodman et al. 1985). In summer, 

 scoters migrating past Cape Peirce in 1970-76 were predominantly male 

 (79-91%) and most were white-winged (85%), as were scoters migrating 

 in 1984-85 (88-94% males and 91 "98% white-winged scoters; Herter et al. 

 1989). At Cape Peirce in fall 1973, small mixed flocks were in inshore 

 waters from 15 August to 14 September, and only males were present 

 thereafter through 25 September. During aerial surv^eys of waterbirds from 

 Jacksmith Bay to Cape Peirce, 1 and 53 scoters were observed on 8 

 October 1988 and 7 October 1989, respectively (R. J. King and L. Denlin- 

 ger). 



White-winged scoters were at Walrus Islands during 8-17 June 1972 

 (E. H. Miller, unpublished) and near Crooked, High, and Hagemeister 

 islands in June-July 1977 (P. D. Ameson and D. B. McDonald, personal 

 communication). We found molting (flightless) birds in inshore waters off 

 Cape Peirce (20 July-8 September 1976), still-flying birds off the Walrus 

 Islands on 9 July 1962, and flying birds from Goodnews Bay to Chagvan 

 Bay on 18-20 July 1974. White-winged scoters were abundant at Kagati 

 Lake in July- August 1962 (M. J. Fry, unpublished) and seen at the Eek River 

 on 25-26 June 1985 (M. Brown et al., unpublished). 



Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), FCspm, Csr, Ufm 

 (21 April-7 October). Specimen: RMS 1 962/36/01. 



Goldeneyes nested in the Kilbuck and Ahklun mountains and mi- 

 grated along the coast in spring and fall. In spring 1973, D. I. Eisenhauer 

 (personal communication) found 2 females and 1 male in Chagvan Bay on 

 21 April, and we found up to 18 birds daily in Nanvak Bay in 1973 

 (28 April- 10 June) and 1976 (30 April- 14 May). Estimates of goldeneyes 

 during aerial surveys along the coast in spring included 120 birds in 1983 

 (25 April; C. P. Dau, unpublished), 20 in 1986 (4 May; C. P. Dau and R. J. 

 King, unpublished), 49 in 1987 (1 May; R. J. King and C. P. Dau, unpub- 

 lished), and 52 in 1989 (4 May; R. J. King and C. P. Dau, unpublished). In 

 fall, 30 birds were observed on 7 October 1989 (R. J. King and L. Dcnlinger, 

 unpublished). 



During the nesting season. White and Boyce (1978) found birds in 

 lakes along the Kanektok River, B.J. McCaffery (personal communication) 



