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Acknowledgments 



We thank C.J. Lcnsink for his constant encouragement to complete 

 aspects of the study. We thank the following individuals for sharing of 

 their observations of birds: P. D. Ameson, W. Arvey, C. Awe, J. Birch, 

 J. Bloomquist, C. Clark, Jr., C. Clark, Sr., J. Durst, D. I. Eisenhauer, R. E. 

 Gill, Jr., D. R. Herter (also with S. R. Johnson and S. Johnston), J. L. Hout, 

 B. Huffmon, D. Lloyd, B.J. McCaffery, D. B. McDonald, D. Roseneau, and 

 H. Svensen. The following individuals allowed us to cite their unpub- 

 lished reports of observations of birds in the region (see Appendix): R. 

 Baxter, D. A. Boyce, H. P. Brokaw, D. Campbell, C. P. Dau, T.J. Eley, Jr., 

 M.J. Fry, R. E. Gill, Jr., L. Haggblom, D. R. Herter, B. M. Higgins, J. L. Hout, 

 J. G. King, R. J. King, J. Klicka, R. Macintosh, B. J. McCaffery, M. A. 

 Monson, E. H. Miller, D. R. Money, D. L. O'Daniel, D. F. and J. M. 

 Parmelee, L. van Hulsteyn, and K. Winker. Portions of the manuscript 

 were reviewed by R. Stehn and R. E. Gill, Jr. R. C. Banks and B. Kessel 

 reviewed the entire manuscript; we thank them for their helpful sugges- 

 tions. We thank R. E. Gill, Jr., for providing the photograph for the 

 frontispiece. 



Many state and federal agencies, foundations, companies, and cor- 

 porations supported this study between 1952 and 1988. DNW gratefully 

 acknowledges financial or logistic assistance from the U.S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Alaska Department of 

 Fish and Game, Winston Churchill Memorial Foundation, New York- 

 Alaska Gold Dredging Corporation, Tuluksak Dredging Limited, Good- 

 news Bay Mining Company, Northland Mining Company, Red Salmon 

 Cannery Company, and Westgold. Fieldwork by MHD was supported by 

 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 

 and MRP by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, Alaska Fish and Wildlife Research Center in Anchorage, Alaska, 

 generously provided funds for preparation and publication of this paper. 



