406 FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE NORTH 



into the lower throat. Here the bird remains until the 

 flesh is digested. The pellet, consisting of head, feet, 

 wings, and skin entire, is disgorged. 



Weight of glaucous gull, 4 lbs. Stretch of wings, 5 ft. 

 3 in. Weight of egg, 4 oz. 



12. Larus argentatus. Herring gull. Not seen north of Etah. 

 Most northern breeding-place, Ittibloo, in Whale Sound, 

 77° 25' N. 



13. Xema sabini. Sabin's gull. I saw and shot this bird on 

 the northern shore of Grant Land on July 8, 1909. Lat. 

 82° 30' N. Fairly common at Etah. No nests or eggs 

 discovered. Found nesting in Northeast Greenland by 

 Danmark Expedition. Eggs, 2. 



14. Sterna paradisoBa. Arctic tern. Sea-swallow. Eskimo 

 name, E-muck-ko-tail-ya. 



I found this species nesting on the northern shore of 

 Grant Land on July 7, 1909. Lat. 82° 33' N. Nest con- 

 tained one egg. Very common in vicinity of Etah; flocks 

 continually passing north and south. Breeds extensively 

 at head of Inglefield Gulf and at North Star Bay. 



15. Fulmarus glacialis glacialis. Fulmar. Molly. Mollimoke. 

 Mallemuke. Noddy. John Down. The light and dark 

 phases of this bird are both very common at Etah, es- 

 pecially in September. Breeds from 69° N. to 76° 35' N. 

 Seen frequently at winter quarters of S.S. Roosevelt at 

 82° 30' in July, 1909. From a rest upon the water this 

 bird spreads its wings and dives wholly beneath the sur- 

 face to grasp food. 



16. Nettion carolinense. Green- winged teal. One pair only 

 were seen and obtained by us during our four years. That 

 this was an uncommon visitor was plainly evident by the 

 exclamations of surprise of our Eskimos, most of whom 

 had never seen the bird before. 



17. Harelda hyemalis. Old squaw. Long-tailed duck. South 

 southerly. Hounds. Old Injun. Eskimo name, Ugley. 



