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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Josef Land, to be replaced as Spitzbergen was neared by a wader (Cry- 

 mophilus fulicarius), 83° 01' N.; forked-tailed skuas ( Stercorarius 

 pomatorhimis), 82° 57' N., and Bruennich's guillemot (Uria lomvia), 

 83° 11' N. The glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), 84° 48' K, and long- 

 tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus), 84° 47' N., although seen both 

 summers, were quite infrequent. These data indicate absence of land at 

 any near distance to the north, and disclose the interesting fact that 

 only the six following species, including the snow-bird who is more 

 probably a straggler, can be classed as regular summer migrants to the 



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First Plumage. 



vast ice-fields which cover the Arctic Ocean to the north of Spitzbergen 

 and Franz Josef Land. 



The little auk (Alle alle), 84° 48' N., was visible almost daily near 

 the 83d parallel in great numbers during the summer season, wher- 

 ever there were numerous water channels near the Fram. Of 40 birds 

 killed at one time, only ten were females. 



The dovekie (Cepphus mandti), 84° 32' N., with the little auk, 

 was the most numerous of all birds in very high latitudes, and nearly 



