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One specimen taken in Inglefield Gulf, April 21, 1892, was still 

 in the pure white plumage. 



17. Falco islandus Bruun. White Gyr falcon. 

 One obtained on McCormick Bay. 



18. Corvus corax principalis Ridgw. Northern Raven. 

 One specimen without data. 



19. Plectrophenax nivalis (Linn.). Snow Bunting. 

 Several nests taken in Tuctoo Valley, June 19 and 21, each con- 

 taining five eggs, and one, June 21, containing seven. 



Collection of the Relief Expedition. 



1. Fratercula arctica (Linn.). Puffin. 



Two puffins were secured at Godhavn, which I refer to this form. 

 The bills measure: 



No. Length of culmen. Depth at base. 



30.076 1.85 in. 1.45 in. 



30.077 2.05 in. 1.60 in. 



2. Cepphus mandtii (Licht.). Mandt's Guillemot. 



All the specimens obtained at Nattik and in McCormick Bay 

 were of this species. None of C. grylle being found. 



3. Uria lomvia (Linn.). Briinnich's Murre. 



Specimens secured in McCormick Bay, July 22 and August 23. 



4. Alle alle (Linn.). Little Auk. 



A number secured at Cape York, July 22. 



5. Stercorarius parasiticus (Linn.). Parasitic Jaeger. 

 Two Jaegers, the only ones obtained by the Relief Expedition 



(McCormick Bay, Aug. 4, and Port Robinson Aug. 1), were clearly 

 referable to this species while curiously enough all but one of a con- 

 siderable series obtained by the West Greenland Expedition were S. 

 longicaudus. 



6. Rissa tridactyla (Linn. ) Kittiwake. 



One taken at Cape York, July 22, and another at Disko, Aug. 

 30. The latter specimen is remarkably dark in color, the whole 

 lower surface being suffused with pearl gray. 



7. Larus glaucus Briinn. Glaucous Gull. 



A number of specimens collected at Duck Island, Littleton Island, 

 Cape York and Itiblu. 



8. Larus marinus Linn. Black-backed Gull. 



