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Nettion crecca (Linnaeus). European Teal 
On April 11 four Green-winged Teal were seen on the small lagoon at 
Kuluk bay, Adak island, and next day two males were shot from a flock of 
about fifty in the large lagoon. Their well-known notes, “Preep! Preep!”, 
resounding from the marshy edge of the lagoon, were a welcome voice of 
spring. A few of these birds were seen later and one was taken at Kyska 
island on the freshwater lagoon near the anchorage. These birds, and also 
the Pintails and perhaps the Mallards, almost certainly were migrants just 
arrived. The teal were fat. The route followed by these ducks in reaching 
the Aleutians would prove interesting. As wintry conditions now pre- 
vailed in the Komandorskis and in Kamchatka and the Kurils, it would 
seem that the birds must have come almost directly from their wintering 
grounds. In regard to the arrival of this bird at Bering island Stejneger 
says: “In 1883 the first teal was seen in a flock of Anas bochas, near the 
village on April 13, and another was observed on the southern Kitovaja 
Reschka. The weather had changed the foregoing day from cold to mild 
with rain and southerly wind.” 
8 Adak island, Aleutian islands. April 13 
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Both in good characteristic plumage. The creamy stripes over the wings and the lack of 
white crescent in front of the wings are unmistakable. The coarser vermiculation is noticeable 
but not striking. 
Dafila acuta tzitzihoa (Vieillot). Pintail 
The only Pintails seen were in a small flock at Kuluk bay, Adak 
island, April 13. 
Marila marila (Linnaeus). Scaup Duck 
A few Scaups were seen on the inside waters at Trout harbour, March 
3; Prince Rupert, March 5; Wrangell, March 7; Taku, March 9; Cordova, 
March 15; and a flock of about fifty turned up at Kuluk bay, Adak island, 
April 11. In nearly all cases these were probably wintering birds. At 
Prince Rupert, March 5, “Nine Greater Scaups were observed for some 
time close to the ship at the wharf. There were two adult males and 
several young males in changing plumage, as well as some females. The 
young male now may be known instantly, for though his general plumage 
may somewhat resemble that of the female, he has a blackish head without 
the facial white spot. All grades of change in young male Scaups could 
be seen here, just as at Courtney, Vancouver island, prior to leaving. 
All observations go to show that the adult males are in breeding plumage 
first and lead off with the mating, and so it would seem that the young 
males must “play second fiddle” and accept the “left-overs,” 
8 Taku, Alaska. March 9. 
9 Cordova, Alaska. March 15 
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The first is in high plumage. The third specimen is a young male just acquiring the green 
gloss on the head and the canvas back. 
Glaucionetta clangula americana Bonaparte. American Golden-eye 
The tw T o golden-eyes in their bright plumages provided one of the most 
interesting bird features of the inside passage. For the first eight days 
of March it seemed that the American Golden-eye had been left behind. 
Then in a flock of golden-eyes at Juneau, Alaska, March 9, there were two 
of three adult American males, and as their courting notes were heard and 
