170 Olilin, Zoological observations during Peary Auxiliary Expedition 1894. 



and long-. 2 5' E., I saw the fulmar nearly every day, whilst sailing 

 in open water. On the contrary, when the ship was nipped in the 

 packice of Melville Bay or Inglefield Gulf, the fulmar was not to be 

 observed at all or very few individuals. The same fact I had to 

 state in ISUl in the East Greenland ice around Jaen Mayen. The 

 ,,mallemuck" does not seem to like to go any distance into the packice- 

 fields as it always disappears at their borders. 



12. Mf j rgulus alle. - The little auk is very abundant among the 

 icefloes of Melville and Baffin Bay. Never before I have seen this 

 little bird in such countless quantities as here or in Inglefield Gulf. 

 Surely, one must estimate their number at many thousands seen in 

 one day only. The natives are very skilful to catch them. The flesh 

 is a delicacy and the skins with the feathers turned inwards give a 

 warm clothing. 



13. Una grylle. - The black guillemot or ,,seapigeon", as our 

 sailors called this bird, was found nearly" everywhere in the packice 

 of Baffin Bay and Smith Sound, although, of course, it did not equal 

 in number the little auk or the following species. 



14. Alca Bruenichii is very common on both sides of Baffin 

 Bay. In the packice of Melville Bay and Inglefield Gulf we got many 

 chances to shoot the loom which frequents these waters in considerable 

 quantities. 



15. Mormon arcticm - was seen only once off Disco Island on 

 our northward trip July IS. 



16. Somaterin mollissima. The eiderduck may be regarded as 

 one of the most common birds along the whole coast from Disco 

 Island to Inglefield Gulf. We shot it several times during the journey; 

 most successful were our hunters on our northward trip at a little 

 island, Dalrymple Island, at the entrance of Wolstenholme Sound, 

 where they killed more than fifty, all females, in one hour. I found 

 a great many nests of this bird on Carey Islands and at many places 

 in Inglefield Gulf. On the coast of Ellesmere Land the eiderduck 

 was also to be found. 



In regard to invertebrate animals I will remark, at first, that I 

 had no chance to collect insects or spiders. Our botanist, Dr. Wethe- 

 rill, surgeon of the expedition, had opportunities on his excursions to 

 pick up a few of these animals. That collection being at present in 

 America, I am not yet able to say anything ceitain about the species 

 obtained by him. 



On the contrary, the whole collection of marine animals was 

 brought home by rne, and having just finished a rough classification 

 of these, I suppose it is worth while to say a little preliminarily 

 about it. Most of the animals belonging to the sea were obtained by 



