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are singled out from the flock, pursued, and captured in 

 the air, or driven exhausted to the ground and to the sur- 

 face of the fiord ice. The nests of the eider duck also suf- 

 fer from the depredations of the raven, which jabs its lower 

 bill through an egg and carries it to its nestlings on the 

 cliff. Considered good eating by the Smith Sound 

 Eskimo. 



32. Acanthis hornemanni hornemanni. Greenland redpoll. 

 Rare at Etah. Two flocks of about ten each seen at Sun- 

 rise Point on August 1st, 1916. Specimen obtained Sep- 

 tember 5 th. 



33. Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis. Snow-bunting. Eskimo 

 name, Kop-a-noo. Found nesting on northern shores of 

 Greenland and Grant Land. Nest of grass, moss, and 

 feathers under and in crevices of ground rocks. Eggs, 

 4-7. Date, June 19th. This bird arrived at Etah about 

 April 15th. Remained until November 1st. One heard 

 by me at Nerky on November 12th. The Eskimos declare 

 that a few remain all winter. Very musical during the 

 breeding-season. 



34. Saxicola cenanthe leucorhoa. Greenland wheatear. Mi- 

 grates in spring to the edge of the Polar Sea. Arrives 

 at Etah about May 20th. Nest in construction and loca- 

 tion similar to that of snow-bunting. Date, June 15th. 

 Eggs, 5. Young found in nest July 3d, 1916. Young seen 

 flying on August 5th, 6th, 7th. 



35. Haliaeetus albicilla. Gray sea-eagle. I record this bird 

 among the list because it nests at Cape Sedon in Melville 

 Bay, the most southern settlement of the Smith Sound 



Eskimos. 



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