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6. Alle alle. Dovekie. Sea-dove. Little auk. Bull-bird. 

 Ice-bird. Rotge. Rotchie. Rotch. Sea King. Eskimo 

 name, Arq-pud-e-arq. Breeds from 68° N. to Anoritok, 

 78° 40' N. Arrives Etah May 15th. Nests in crevices 

 of sea cliffs in company with guillemots, in the rock debris 

 at base of a cliff, or on slope bordering the sea, bay, lake, 

 or river-bed; even found inland at distance of a mile 

 and at height of 1,000 feet. Eggs, 1, weight one ounce. 

 Date, June 18th. Two eggs occasionally found in nest. 

 That these are not the eggs of two birds is shown by the 

 fact that two well-developed eggs are often found in the 

 body of a bird. Young obtained from nest July 21st. 

 Seen swimming August 14th. Average weight, 5.2 oz. 

 Nests among rocks of talus consisting of pebbles and few 

 bits of dried grass. 



7. Stercoranus parasiticus. Parasitic jaeger. Bosun-bird. 

 Teaser. Jiddy hawk. Skua gull. Eskimo name, E-shing- 

 wa. I saw this species when sledging along eastern shore 

 of Grant Land in latitude 82° N. The swift and very 

 bold attack led to the discovery of one nest containing 

 two eggs, distant some twenty yards from the ice-foot. 

 The nest was simply a slight depression in a dark-reddish 

 gravelly soil. 



8. Stercorarius longicaudus. Long-tailed jaeger. Buffon's 

 skua. Very common at Etah and as far north as 83°. 



9. Pagophila alba. Ivory gull. Ice-partridge. Eskimo 

 name, Now-ya-wah-o. Very common in Smith Sound 

 and as far north as 82° 30'. Fully formed egg obtained 

 from body of bird June 30, 1914. Breeds on cliffs on 

 eastern side of Kennedy Channel from 79° to 80° N. 

 Feeds largely upon the excrement of seals and walrus. 

 I have never seen this bird in the water. WTienever we 

 cut up walrus upon the drift ice of Smith Sound the ivory 

 gull appeared, and, alighting within a few yards, awaited 

 patiently for its share of the meat. The young were seen 



