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41. Totanus melanoleucus, (Gm.) Vicill. 



A single specimen on Arctic Island, Cumberland Sound, September 

 14, 1877. 



42. Numenius borealis, (Forst.) Lath. 



A few flocks seen passing northward ui> Kiugwah Fjord in June. 

 One specimen procured. Not noticed in autumn. Well kno,wn to the 

 Cumberland Eskimo. 



43. Grus f (probably fraterculus). 



Quite common in some localities. Breeds in Kingwah and Kingnit^; 

 Fjords in Cumberland, in Exeter Sound, and Home Bay on the west 

 coast of Davis Straits. Common, especially during spring, at Godhavn. 



44. Cygnus ? 



Swans occasionally occur in the Southern Cumberland waters ; but the 

 species is uncertain, as I could not j)rocure a specimen. Said to be of 

 regular occurrence in the Lake Kennedy region. 



45. Anser albifrons, \ ar. gambeli, (Hart.) Coues. 



Not observed in any numbers about our winter harbor, but undoubt- 

 edly occurs in abundance on the fresh- water lakes. This is probably 

 the goose that the Eskimo take in such great numbers at Lake Kennedy, 

 where they drive them towards the sea-coast while they are in moult. 

 Are common on the Greenland coast to 72° N. lat., and probably much 

 farther. Large flocks were met with on the pack-ice in the middle of 

 Davis Straits, July 24, 25, and 26. Eggs were procured in the Godhaven 

 district in Greenland. The skin of the breast is sometimes used by the 

 Eskimo for under-garments. 



46. Anser hyperboreus, Pall. 



Appears to be rare and migratory in the Cumberland waters. Saw a 

 few specimens in early spring and late autumn. 



47. Branta hutchiusii, Sw. 



A single specimen procured June 10 in Kingwah Fjord. The Eskimo 

 who killed it said he has seen many to the southward of Nugumeut^. 

 Saw no Canada geese at any time during my stay. 



48. Anas boschas, Liuu. 



" Kaertooluk," Greenlanders. 



Not observed in Cumberland, and unknown to the Eskimo. Not rare 

 on the Greenland coast as far north as Upernavik. The flesh of this 

 duck on the coast of Greenland is scarcely fit to eat, being almost as 

 rank as a loon's. 



