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one of a pair, was shot by Dr. Moss, who enticed it within 

 range by laying down a dead hare and concealing himself 

 near at hand. South of Dobbin Bay I observed this species 

 at several points in Smith Sound — namely, at Cape Hayes, 

 Norman Lockyer Island, and Cape Sabine. 



5. Lagopus kupestfjs. — The rock -ptarmigan was obtained 

 by our sledging parties as far north as 82° 46', two or three 

 couples having been killed by me in the end of May on 

 Feilden Peninsula. Lieutenant Aldrich found traces of 

 ptarmigan on Cape Columbia (lat. 83° 6' N.), the most 

 northern land yet visited by man. On September 29, 1875, 

 Captain Markham, in lat. 82° 40' N., observed four of these 

 birds ; and the earliest date on which they were noticed in 

 the spring of 1876 was on March 11. 



6. Strepsilas interpres. — The turnstone is tolerably 

 abundant in Smith Sound and the region north of it visited 

 by the Expedition. It was observed as late as September 5, 



1875, in lat. 82° 30' N., and was first noticed on June 5, 



1876, in the neighbourhood of the winter-quarters of H.M.S. 

 6 Alert.' By August 1 2 the young broods were able to fly. 



7. ^Egialitis hiaticula. — Only a single example of the 

 ringed-plover was observed in Smith Sound. It, was ob- 

 tained August 4, 1875, on the beach bordering the valley 

 of the Twin-Glacier, in Buchanan Strait (lat. 78° 48' K) 

 My attention was drawn to the bird by its note ; and I then 

 observed it threading its way among the stones and stranded 

 blocks of ice near the water's edge. It was probably nesting 

 in the neighbourhood, as it proved on examination to be a 

 female, with the feathers worn off the underparts from 

 incubation. 



8. Calidris arenaria (Plate I.) — I first observed the 

 sanderling in Grinnell Land on June 5, 1876, flying in com- 

 pany with knots and turnstones ; at this date it was feeding, 

 like the other waders, on the buds of Saxifraga oppositifolia. 

 This bird was by no means abundant along the coasts of 

 Grinnell Land ; but I observed several pairs in the aggre- 

 gate, and found a nest of this species containing two eggs, in 



