4 Prof. J. Reinhardt on the Birds 



of passage from Europe* ; and should even this number prove 

 to be too small, and some others (for instance, Gallinago media 

 and Anser albifrons) be added, there will still be a great pre- 

 ponderance of such birds migrating to Greenland from North 

 America. But, on the other hand, Greenland is marked as being 

 the most westerly, though regular, boundary of some strictly 

 European species, — not only the birds of passage already men- 

 tioned, but also others, such as Aquila albicilla. 



Greenland is divided into two " Inspektorater ": the southern 

 (South Greenland) includes the settlements (" Kolonier ^^) of 

 Julianehaab, Frederikshaab, Fiskensesset, Godthaab, Sukker- 

 toppen, and Holsteenborg ; in the northern (North Greenland) 

 are the settlements Godhavn, Egedesminde, Christianshaab, Ja- 

 cobshavn, Ritenbenk, Omenak, and Upernivik. 



The names of the species which breed in Greenland are printed in small 

 capitals ; those observed as yet in very few instances only, and the 

 accidental stragglers, are marked with an asterisk ; the domestic birds 

 are not numbered, but distinguished by a dagger. 



1. Haliaetus albicilla (Linn.). 



Very common : occurs in South Greenland all the year round ; 

 in North Greenland only in summer. Besides this, the late 

 Captain Holboll distinguished another larger Eagle with a longer 

 tail, Haliaetus ossiffagus. The existence of such a second species 

 I cannot decidedly deny; but all the Eagles which I have re- 

 ceived from Greenland appeared to me to be most certainly of 

 one species. 



2. Falco candicans, Grael. 



I am indeed inclined to believe that this species is a collective 

 one, and that there can be distinguished, besides the true F. 

 candicans, a F. islandicus ; but haying as yet succeeded only in 

 distinguishing them when in the plumage of the old bird, I 

 prefer not to separate them here. Both forms (be they varieties, 

 races, or species) occur in Greenland; but that one of them 

 (as it has been suggested) is confined to the northern, the 



* Falco peregrinus, Saxicola ananthe, Numenius phaopus, and Cygnus 

 musicus. 



