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Bay, and from there southward to the north-water of 

 Baffin's Bay. 



13. Eissa tmdactyla. — I saw a few examples of the 

 kittiwake flying over the open water in the vicinity of 

 Port Foulke, July 28, 1875; but we did not observe it to 

 the northward after entering the ice of Smith Sound ; 

 and in 1876 no specimen was seen as the Expedition 

 returned south until the north-water of Baffin's Bay was 

 reached. 



14. Lakus glaucds. — We did not find the glaucous gull 

 breeding north of Cape Sabine ; but stray individuals were 

 observed as far north as lat. 82° 34'. September 1, 1875, 

 was the latest date in the autumn on which I noticed this 

 species ; and it reappeared in the vicinity of our winter- 

 quarters (lat. 82° 27' N.) in the middle of June. 



15. Stercokarius parasiticus. — Buffon's skua was the 

 only one of the genus met with in Smith Sound. It arrived 

 in the neighbourhood of our winter-quarters during the first 

 week of June, and in considerable numbers. After that date 

 it was to be seen during every hour of the day quartering 

 the fells in search of lemmings. It lays its two eggs in a 

 small hollow in the ground, and defends its nest with the 

 utmost bravery. On several occasions I have struck the old 

 birds with my gun-barrel while warding off their attacks as I 

 plundered their nests. This species can generally be distin- 

 guished from its near ally, 8. crepidatus, at every age, by 

 the mottled colour of the tarsus and webs of the feet, which 

 in S. crepidatus are usually black. 



16. Peocellaria glacialis. — The fulmar is common in 

 the north-water of Baffin's Bay ; and individuals followed 

 our ships until we entered the pack off Cape Sabine. On 

 June 26, 1876, Lieutenant Parr and I, when travelling on the 

 coast of Grrinnell Land (lat. 82° 30' N.), observed one of 

 these birds ; and a few days later Lieutenant Egerton found 

 one dead on the shore some two miles further to the north- 

 ward. We did not observe this species again till our return 

 to Baffin's Bay in September 1876. 



