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NOTES ON BIRDS COLLECTED AND OBSERVED IN CHITINA 
RIVER REGION, ALASKA 1 
By H. M. Laing and P. A. Taverner 
The critical notes under each species are supplied by P. A. Taverner, 
who is also responsible for the nomenclature and determination of speci- 
mens. The American Ornithologists’ Union Check-List of North American 
Birds, 3rd edition, 1910, and its subsequent supplements, have been fol- 
lowed in the matter of nomenclature. All specimens referred to are in 
the collection of the National Museum of Canada. 
1. Larus argentatus Pontoppidan Herring Gull 
On May 8 a few scattered gulls of doubtful species observed along 
Copper river from Cordova to near McCarthy. On May 16, a rainy day, 
two or three large gulls, probably this species, seen near Short river des- 
cending Chitina valley. Definitely identified July 9 at Hubrick’s camp 
when a female, evidently a wanderer, was secured. This bird was eating 
carrion in company with a family of ravens. 
Specimen: Adult female, July 9. Typical L. a. argentatus. Black wing tips with no 
restriction towards thayeri either in depth of colour or in area. 
2. Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus Mallard 
Very scarce in Chitina valley. Three or four seen during outward 
journey to mount Logan. Not observed at Hubrick’s camp, but on August 
17 at Barnard glacier a single bird noted on the wing, 
3. Mareca americana (Gmelin) Baldpate 
Two widgeon near coast, seen from Copper River railway, May 8, 
only ones noted. 
4. Nettion carolinense (Gmelin) Green-Winged Teal 
Observed near McCarthy May 8, reported next day by one of the 
packers. On upper Chitina found on only one small lakelet — christened 
“Teal pond” in consequence — at river-level in the woods. May 25 a pair 
on this lakelet. On June 21 five males in company here, and one taken. 
Specimen: Adult male, June 21. 
5. Glaucionetta islandica (Gmelin) Barrow’s Golden-eye 
Golden-eyes reported on the Chitina May 15, but not seen by writer. 
On July 13 a non-breeding female taken at Teal pond — only golden-eye 
seen during the summer. 
Specimens: Adult female, July 13. Adult male in Hoyes Lloyd’s collection, McCar- 
thy, Alaska, November, 1922. 
6. Charitonetta albeola (Linnaeus) Buffle-head 
On May 8 at Chitina Station on Copper River railway, 129 miles from 
Cordova, two small ducks diving in middle of little lake were taken to be 
buffle-heads. 
7. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus) Harlequin Duck 
Two specimens in Lloyd collection, male, female, McCarthy, Alaska, November, 
1922. In a fairly good series of Atlantic and Pacific Coast birds validity of proposed 
subspecies, H, h. pacificus W. S. Brooks, does not seem substantiated. 
1 Locality unlesB otherwise specified is Chitina River glacier, Alaska. 
