fr: J' * 
MJK? sp, 
Am® (?) sp, 
t Extinct. First 
iB 11 
possibly present through 
about 1844. 
■_gincpi 
-, A species of Suck*, with no conspicuous plumage* [was found] 
flocks on Mailer f>Leysan] and iisiansky, but not breeding’ 
.ft 
by Isenbeek in April 1828 (Rothschild, 1893-1900iv). A newspaper 1 
of the wreck of the W^m. WSBtBk i» (Ward, 1967 *3M stated that " 
♦ % * 
vilfi ducks 
* f * 
are plentiful , 
* • 
. [and] 
were readily tamed/' The 
*■ * * 
account also implied that these ducks were eaten by members of the crew. 
Another account (Ward* 1967s^2) stated that 'The ducks seemed peculiarly 
inclined to renounce their wild end roving propensities and adopt the doaoetie 
habits of civilized life. A flock of 40 bad attached themselves to the 
settlement. 
» 
Although it is possible that the ducks were some other species, this 
does not mm too likely. Jabes Ball* 
of the vessel and evidently 
nrimrr 
from Hew 
end should have been able to distinguish ducks from curlews. 
the only other species occurring on Ltsiamskl that is likely to have 
exhibited the habits ascribed to the ducks. W@ think It likely thht 
last of the endemic ducks on Li&ia&aki were killed for food between II 
by the shipwrecked crews of the Boldar 
WmM 
* This duck, which 
the endemic Laysan Teal 
subspecies or species. 
(i960 so) and others thought 1 
)» could have 
■be the same as 
a distinct 
