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below 260 m asl. Birds were present by 27 May 1962, and many died 29 

 May-3 June that year during a series of snowstorms. Adults first fed 

 young beginning 22 June 1974 and 18 July 1976. Volant young were first 

 seen on 28 July 1962 and about 15 July 1987. Birds left after 12 August 

 1962, before 20 July 1974, by 5 August 1977, in late July 1978-80, after 

 5 August 1981 and about 25 July 1987. Mindell (1983) considered them 

 common in the Nyac area. They were uncommon on the Salmon River 

 in 1974, 1977, and 1986; they appeared to be nesting there on cliffs 

 covered by riparian vegetation. They were seen on the Kisaralik River 

 on 21 June 1987 (B. J. McCaffery, personal communication). 



Bank swallow (Riparia riparid). Csr, VRftn (26 May-1 Septem- 

 ber). Specimen: RMS 162/36/29. 



This swallow was found throughout the mainland portion of the 

 study area. Birds nested at the Tuluksak, Kisaralik, Kanektok (M. J. Fry, 

 unpublished; J. L. Hout, personal communication), and Goodnews 

 rivers (B. Huffmon, personal communication), Goodnews Bay, Chagvan 

 Bay, Nanvak Bay, and the lower Togiak River. Bank Swallows were also 

 seen at the Kisaralik River by B. J. McCaffery (personal communication) 

 and M. Brown et al. (unpublished). Swallows were at the Kwethluk 

 River on 18-26 July 1985 and at the Eek River on 17-29 June 1985 (M. 

 Brown et al., unpublished). R. Baxter (unpublished) saw birds in sum- 

 mer at the Eek River. E. H. Miller (unpublished) found eight birds (two 

 of them dead) between 9 and 17 June 1972 on Round Island. P. D. 

 Ameson and D. B. McDonald (personal communication) saw one bird 

 there on 29 June 1977, "suspected" nesting on Crooked Island in 

 June-July 1977, and found it a common nesting species at Hagemeister 

 Island. 



We found about 40 pairs of bank swallows each year at the Tuluksak 

 River, 30 pairs at Goodnews, and 2 pairs at Nanvak Bay. Birds nested in 

 cutbanks near bays or larger streams from sea level to 36O m asl. Birds 

 foraged almost entirely over water. Adults at the Tuluksak River were on 

 fresh eggs as late as 30 July 1987 where the river had repeatedly cut the 

 nest bank. Fledged young were first seen there on 9 August 1962. Swallows 

 were generally present at nesting areas until 1-11 August. Migrants were 

 seen at Cape Peirce on 5 days between 17 August and 1 September 1973- 



Cliff swallow {Hirundo pyrrhonotd), Asr (4 June-15 August). Speci- 

 men: RMSI962/36/3O. 



Cliff swallows nested throughout the study area, except in the south 

 coastal portion. Birds nested at the Salmon River, Tuluksak River (DNW 

 photo), near Nyac (Mindell 1983), Kisaralik River (DNW photo; Mindell 

 1983; B. J. McCaffery, personal communication), and Kanektok River 



