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SAB 001 1979 P91-92 Acknowledgments.Pdf STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF ALASKA BIRDS 91 RUSTIC BUNTING-&zberiza vustica Rare spring migrant in the western and central Aleutian Is from mid-MY through mid-JN (earliest, d, 11 MY 69, Amchitka I, CMW, and 0, 12 MY 77, Shemya I, DDG & GEH; latest, one, 17 JN 76, Buldir I, Byrd et al. in press#, and two, 19 JN 11, Kiska I, Bent 1912#), occurring singly, occasionally in twos or threes; maximum count has been five (26 MY 76, Shemya I, DDG & GEH). Very rare fall migrant from mid-SE through early OC (earliest, one, 15 SE 77, Shemya I, DDG & GEH; latest, singles, 20 & 27 OC 57, Amchitka I, Kenyon 1961#). Casual spring migrant in western Alaska (Gambell, St Lawrence I-d/O, lo- 11 JN 73, DDG & others; c?, 4-9 JN 76, GEH & others). GRAY BUNTING-Emberiza variabilis Accidental in Alaska. An adult male was collected at Shemya I, Aleutian Is, 18 MY 77 (Gibson and Hall 1978#). PALLAS' REED BuNTIN+Emberiza pal/ad Casual spring migrant in northern (ad C?, 11 JN 68, Barrow, Pitelka 1974#) and western Alaska (ad c?, 28 MY 73, Gambell, St Lawrence I, Johnson 1976). REED BUNTING-Emberiza schoeniclus Casual spring migrant in the western Aleutian Is (ad d , 29 MY 75, Buldir I, Byrd et al. in press#; ad d, 26 MY 77, Attu I, TGT & others; ad d, 4 JN 77, Shemya I, DDG & GEH, UAM 3580). ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Continued, unstinted cooperation from many individuals, organizations, and institutions has provided much of the foundation for this compilation of data on Alaska birds. We are deeply indebted to the 375 individuals listed in Table 2, who have provided us with original data and whose initials are cited throughout the text in relation to specific contributions; their records have reached us through personal contacts, letters, telephone calls, checklists, compiled reports, and mu- seum specimens. A number of these contributors have also been instrumental in soliciting and forwarding to us observations other than their own. The most con- sistentcontributors over the years have been studentsfrom the University of Alas- ka and employees of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, but major original contributions have also been made by other resident Alaskans, both amateursand professionals,by scientistsfrom universities and organizations outside of Alaska, and by many who have come to Alaska to enjoy its bird life. Our enormous gratitude to these individuals cannot be over- stated. Our data collection has been facilitated by various contracts for field studies with federal and state agencies, and we are pleased to acknowledge their logistic and financial support: Alaska Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Bureau of Land Management/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. National Park Service. 92 STUDIES IN AVIAN BIOLOGY NO. 1 This paper is, indeed, the result of many hours of cooperative effort by many people. LITERATURE CITED ADAMS, E. 1878. Notes on the birds of Michalaski, Norton Sound. Ibis 1878:420-442. AMERICANORNITHOLOGISTS UNION.’ 1957. Check-list of North American birds. Fifth ed. A.O.U., Baltimore. AMERICANORNITHOLOGISTS UNION.’ 1973. Thirty-second supplement to the American Omitholo- gists’ Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 90:41l-419. AMERICANORNITHOLOGISTS UNION.’ 1976. Thirty-third supplementto the American Ornithologists’ Union check-list of North American birds. Auk 93:875-879. ANDERSON,R. M. 1913. Report on the natural history collections. Birds. Pp. 456-494 in V. Ste- fansson, My life with the Eskimo, Macmillan Co., New York. ANDERSON,R. M. 1915. Preliminary list of specimens collected during Canadian arctic expedition, 1913-1914. Birds. Summary Rept., Geol. Survey Dept. Mines 1914:163-166. ANDERSSON,M. 1973. Birds of Nuvagapak Point, northeastern Alaska. Arctic 26:186-197. BAILEY, A. M. 1925. A report on the birds of northwestern Alaska and regions adjacent to Bering Strait. Part IV. Condor 27:164-171. BAILEY, A. M. 1926. A report on the birds of northwestern Alaska and regions adjacent to Bering Strait. Part VII. Condor 28:31-36. BAILEY, A. M. 1927. Notes on the birds of southeasternAlaska. Auk 44:1-23, 184-205, 351-367. BAILEY, A. M. 1948. Birds of arctic Alaska. Colorado Mus. Nat. Hist. Popular Ser. No. 8. BAILEY, E. P. 1974a. Passerine diversity, relative abundance, and migration at Cold Bay, Alaska. Bird-Banding 45:145-151. BAILEY, E. P. 1974b. Winter banding of passerineson the Alaska Peninsula. Bird-Banding 45:307- 314. BARTONEK,J. C., AND D. D. GIBSON. 1972. Summer distribution of pelagic birds in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Condor 74:416-t22. BEAN, T. H. 1889. Bears, birds and fishes. Forest and Stream 33:348. BBDARD,J. 1966. New records of alcids from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Condor 68:503-506. BEE, J. W. 1958. Birds found on the Arctic Slope of northern Alaska. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 10:163-211. BENT, A. C. 1912. Notes on birds observed during a brief visit to the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea in 1911. SmithsonianMisc. Collections 56:l-29. BERGMAN,R. D., R. L. HOWARD, K. F. ABRAHAM,AND M. W. WELLER. 1977. Water birds and their wetland resources in relation to oil development at Storkersen Point, Alaska. Resource Publ. No. 129, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. BISHOP,L. B. 1944. Ornithological notes from Point Barrow, Alaska. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 29:181-190. BLACKWELDER,E. 1919. Notes on the summer birds of the upper Yukon region, Alaska. Auk 36:57- 64. BOCK, C. E., AND L. W. LEPTHIEN. 1972. Winter eruptions of Red-breasted Nuthatches in North America, 1950-1970. Am. Birds 26558-561. BRANDT,H. 1943. Alaska bird trails. Bird Research Foundation, Cleveland. BRECKENRIDGE,W. J. 1966. Dovekie on Little Diomede Island, Alaska. Auk 83:680. BRECKENRIDGE,W. J., AND D. CLINE. 1967. Sandhill Cranes and other birds from Bering Strait, Alaska. Auk 84:277-278. BROOKS,W. S. 1915. Notes on birds from east Siberia and arctic Alaska. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. .59:361-413. BYRD, G. V. In press. Red-legged Kittiwake colonies in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Condor. BYRD, G. V., D. D. GIBSON, AND D. L. JOHNSON.1974. The birds of Adak Island, Alaska. Condor 76:288-300. BYRD, G. V., J. L. TRAPP,AND D. D. GIBSON. In press. New information on Asiatic birds in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Condor. CADE, T. J. 1952. Notes on the birds of Sledge Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. Condor 54:51-54. CADE, T. J., AND C. M. WHITE. 1973. Breeding of Say’s Phoebe in arctic Alaska. Condor 75:360- 361. .
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