Title: The Canadian field-naturalist
Identifier: canadianfieldnat1973otta (find matches)
Year: 1973 (1970s)
Authors: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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Publisher: Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
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36 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 87
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Figure 1. A map of the study area with the routes travelled to (solid line) and from (dashed line) Sachs Harbour on western Banks Island. The following list gives the place names corresponding to the numbers on the map: 1. Hinigyoak, 2. Ongirot, 3. Kayalihok, 4. Koaroakat, 5. Kurdjuak, 6. Kurgayuak, 7. Malinik, 8. Masoyak, 9. Nauyan, 10. Nauyat, 11. Nunungiak, 12. Okak, 13. Omanak, 14. Oming- mugiuk, 15. Pinoyoak, 16. Pitotak, 17. Tahiyauk, 18. Tatik, 19. Torhokatak, 20. Torhok, 21. lUuvilik. missed and for the same reason observation of courting behaviour and nesting is scant. Be- cause I v^'as away from 8 August to 15 Septem- ber, I missed the departure of many species from the area. Species marked with an asterisk are birds thought to be present in the area but which have been only tentatively identified by me, or which are based on unconfirmed identification by the Eskimos. Most of these species have been re- ported previously for Banks and Victoria Island and occur in inland marshy habitats which were missed in this study. A special effort was made to obtain the Holman Eskimo names for each species. It was found that in many cases these differed from the names given in Snyder (1957), especially when dealing with the more eastern distributed species. The resemblance to names for species common in the Mackenzie Delta region and the Perry River area was much greater, but rarely were they identical. Usually birds rare to the area had no local name. Information about behaviour and nesting was also sought from the native Eskimos and the few species which were seen by them, but not by me, are noted and in- cluded. In most cases the taxonomic authority follow- ed is the fifth edition of the American Ornitholo- gists' Union Check List of North American Birds (1957). Exceptions to this involved the follow- ing species: Brant, Snow Goose, and Thayer's Gull. The authority followed in these cases is Godfrey (1966). Annotated List Yellow-billed Loon. Gavia adamsii (Gray). Tood- lik. — The least common of the three species of loons along the coast near Holman. First seen on 6 June along the ice edge near Nunungiak (Figure 1). None were seen on the small lakes near the coast. Occa- sionally seen flying along the coast from June to August and last seen in mid September. No im- matures were observed. This species is occasionally shot by the local hunters for food and the skin used for decorative wearing apparel. Very little mortality occurs in this way how-

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