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THE OSPREY. 



Guillemot, Little Auk, Kittiwake and Glaucous Gulls, Although but few specimens of it were seen, the 



Eiders — King and Northern, Old Squaw, Snowflake Red-throated Diver rears its young in that locality, 

 and Greenland Redpoll. than which no other in the world affords better 



While sledging northward on Bowdoin Bay, on security from human molestation. In August, 1893, 

 May 8. 1894, Mr. Peary and I saw flocks of Mandt's an adult male was killed by a member of the ' Fal- 

 Guillemots and Dovekies in open water and along con's' crew, and on the 13th of that month, while a 

 the border of the ice. But 

 it was not until late in June 

 that small bands of each 

 were noted about the lanes 

 and pools of open water 

 near the mouth of the bay, 

 and at no time did either 

 begin to compare in num- 

 ber with those abiding at 

 Cape York, much farther 

 south, where they assemble 

 in such multitudes that the 

 clamorous whirring of their 

 wings rivals the storm - 

 swept ocean's roar. The 

 latest recorded date of ob- 

 servation was Sept. 6, 1893, 

 when a few still lingered in 

 the neighborhood. 



The advance guard of 



Burgomasters and Kittiwakes arrived early in May. comrade and the writer were hunting reindeer on the 

 Throughout the summer, a breeding colony of the uplands in the rear of the bay, we found two young 

 latter, together with a few pairs of their larger con- of this species disporting in a small pool of surface 



/^tAp OF Portion of the 

 North Caeenlano Coast, 



^mowinC LOCATfON OF 



BowDoiw Bay. 



geners, monopolized the cliffs of Sentinel Nunatak, 

 across the bay from our headquarters. The Kitti- 

 wakes departed in September, but on October 17 a 

 Glaucous Gull was shot. 



water situated several hundred feet above sea-level. 



The Wheatear was first seen on Aug. 21, '93, and 

 one, possibly the same individual, was shot a few 

 days later. Others were also secured or seen, both 



In June, the Old Squaw's clanging call resounded in '93 and '94, thus establishing the northernmost 

 everywhere alongshore and the birds themselves point of this bird's occurrence which, I believe, has 

 were often perceived gliding to and fro amid the ice- yet been recorded. On July 4, 1894, ^ nest contain- 

 cakes drifting with the tide between the main icefloe ing seven eggs, which, unfortunately, were on the 

 and the land. Many nested about the bay and by verge of hatching, was found on the shore of Ingle- 

 mid-July, incubation was well advanced. field Gulf, a few miles east of the bay. 



Of Eiders, the King appeared to be the most The Knot and Turnstone were reported during July 



abundant species and also, perhaps, 

 the most wary. Eggs of both were 

 found late in June and early in July. 

 What the Bluebird is to more 

 southern lands, the Snowflake is to 

 the polar realm — spring's trusty har- 

 binger. By the last of April he and 



and August and the Ring Plover was 

 occasionally seen near the lakes and 

 glacial streams of the uplands, where 

 it probably breeds. 



In June, '94, a solitary Snow Goose 

 passed overhead, wending toward 



, . . .. i r • J tt,„ r' ..«=„l^^/^ Walnis-ivorv figure of Rock Ptar 

 his intimate friend, the Greenland ^^^^^^j ^^^^^J^^^.., ,..„„..., ^..„, 



Eskimo. F 

 collection. 



Tucktoo Valley, beyond Bowdoin 



*^"'A°'m """J Ptarmigan Glacier, where an occupied nest of 



ved by North Greenland ^ 



Redpoll, had arrived. Nidification Eskimo. From the original in writer's this species was discovered. 



' . , .... , collection. t ^ • .■ .1 • • 1 



was begun in June, at which time the In terminating this article, in 



Snowflakes were especially noticeable as, vivaciously which, owing to a desire to treat subsequently and 



twittering their cheery notes, they darted here and individually of the various Arctic species, the writer 



there among the moss- and lichen-covered rocks, has refrained from including little more than the 



the males, clad in their handsome jet and pure white mere fact of observation, it may not be considered 



wedding costume, gleaming in the sun like animated out of place to record the names of some of the birds 



jewels. Early in September, Snowflakes and Red- herein enumerated as they occur in the northernmost 



polls were congregating promiscuously preparatory Eskimos' vocabulary. If, in point of euphonism, they 



to migrating south, but three belated Snowflakes offer to the scientific ornithologist no inducement to 



were observed on Oct. 31. substitute them for those of the present accepted code 



