APPENDIX VI 



ORNITHOLOGY 

 D. B. MACMILLAN 



1. Gavia immer. Loon. Great Northern Diver. Rarely 

 seen in vicinity of Etah. Recognized by three members 

 of the expedition on July 7, 1914. No specimens or eggs 

 secured. 



2. Gavia stellata. Red-throated loon. Wabby. Cobble. 

 Eskimo name, Kak-sau. Common. Found breeding in 

 lakes on northern shores of Grant Land at 82° 30' N. 



3. Fratercula arctica naumanni. Large-billed puffin. I have 

 never seen this bird north of Cape Hatherton, 78° 30'. 

 Breeds upon Hakluyt Island, 77° 30'. 



4. Cepphus mandti. Mandt's guillemot. Sea-pigeon. Eski- 

 mo name, Silgh-wha. Very common. Breeds from Cape 

 York, 76° N., to Cape Union, 82° 18' N. Nests in 

 cracks of cliffs from water edge to height of 800 feet. 

 Eggs, 1-2. June 10th. Etah. Young in water August 

 10th. Seen every month in the year in open water be- 

 tween 76° and 78° 45' N. Ten were seen by my party 

 when crossing Smith Sound on February 14, 1914, when 

 the temperature was — 54° F. 



5. Uria lomvia lomvia. Brunnich's murre. Eskimo name. 

 Ark-pa. Large numbers off Etah June, July, and August. 

 I do not know of this bird breeding north of Hakluyt 

 Island, 77° 30'. Reported by Bessels north of 81° as 

 "quite abundant and nestinjT." 



