152 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. 



The bills of the breeding males are bright yellow tipped with 



black. The measurements of three male specimens procured at 



Disco, July 28 and 29 are as follows : 



Acad. Collec. Wing. Culmen. 



No. 26,970 3-75 ins. -51 in. 



26.971 3-70 -ol 



26.972 3-78 -51 



21. Saxicola oenanthe (Linn.) AVheatear. 



One male bird procured at Disco, Aug. 11, has just completed its 

 moult. The wing measures 4"18 inches and the culmen "53. 



The species obtained before the expedition reached Greenland 

 were as follows : 



At Sydney, Nova Scotia, Empidonax jiaviventris Baird., Corvus 

 americanus Aud., Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna (Wils.), 

 Melospiza fasciata (Gm.), Melospiza georgiana (Lath.), Chelidon 

 erythrogaster (Bodd.), Setophaga ruticilla (Linn) and Merula 

 viigratoria (Linn). 



In the Gulf of St. Lawrence the following species came on board 

 the vessel : Pinicola enucleator (Linn), and Dendroica virens 

 (Gm.). 



There were also several specimens of Uria lomvia (Linn.),, 

 secured in the Strait of Belle Isle. 



