. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 36. Figure 30. Garganey (center) with Northern Pintails on Roi-Namur Island. Photograph by W. L. Schipper, 2 November 1988. common elsewhere in the tropical Pacific. Other atolls at which it has been recorded include Makin (North 1894) and Tarawa (Morris 1963) in the Gilbert Islands, Palmyra in the Line Islands (Clapp and Sibley 1967), and at Kauehi in the Tuamotus (Baker 1951). GADWALL (Anas strepera) Yocum (1964) reported that W. W. Fennell found this to be the most numerous of more than 200 ducks seen on Kw
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 36. Figure 30. Garganey (center) with Northern Pintails on Roi-Namur Island. Photograph by W. L. Schipper, 2 November 1988. common elsewhere in the tropical Pacific. Other atolls at which it has been recorded include Makin (North 1894) and Tarawa (Morris 1963) in the Gilbert Islands, Palmyra in the Line Islands (Clapp and Sibley 1967), and at Kauehi in the Tuamotus (Baker 1951). GADWALL (Anas strepera) Yocum (1964) reported that W. W. Fennell found this to be the most numerous of more than 200 ducks seen on Kwajalein during the winter of 1959-60. This implies that perhaps 100 birds were present as Fennell indicated that he had seen 75 teal in one flock. While the other species of ducks reported by Fennell are among those fairly widespread as migrants or vagrants in the Pacific, this record of the Gadwall is the southwesternmost report of this species in the tropical Pacific and the only record west of the Hawaiian Islands. Even in Hawaii the species is uncommon and a report of that many Gadwall there would immediately rouse suspicions as to the competence of the observer. Pyle and Engbring (1985) regarded this record as probably erroneous, and it seems best to remove this species from the list of those known to occur at Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Press; National Research Council (U. S. ). Pacific Science Board; Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Natural History (U. S. ); United States. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Washington, D. C. : [Smithsonian Press]
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