observed on Waigats, ^c. 



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most probable from the context, rather than omit the record 

 entirely. 



The three islands are 660 miles in total length, extending 

 from lat. 69°40' to lat. 77°, and vary greatly in their climatic 

 conditions; their avifauna should therefore, I think, be 

 treated separately. 



Referring to Th. von Heuglin's article in 'The Ibis,' 1872, 

 pp. 60-65, we have no proof yet that Falco gyrfalco visits 

 any of these islands, and I am inclined to refer all accounts 

 of this bird to Falco peregrinus. No species of Grouse 

 [Lagopus) has yet been shot here; if present, they would 

 probably be found on Waigats, but we saw no trace of them 

 there or on the more northern lands. The excrement of this 

 bird resists the action of the weather a long time, so that we 

 could scarcely have failed to observe it. As stated above, I 

 believe Larus affinis is the only dark-mantled Gull on these 

 islands ; and also that Colymbus adamsi (not C. glacialis) is 

 the large Diver to be found here. 



In the following lists the abbreviations are : — 



B. Von Baer. 



G. George Gillett, Ibis, 1870, p. 303. 



H. Th. von Heuglin, Ibis, 1872, p. 60. 



Pelz. Von Pelzeln. 



Th. Dr. Hjalmar Theel, Ann. Sci. Nat., Ser. Zool. tome iv. art. 6. 



M. Admiral Markham, ' A Polar Reconnaissance.' 



P. Pearson and Feilden, 



List of the Birds of Waigats. 



1. Saxicola ceuanthe . . . 



2. Authus cervinus 



3. Linota linaria (?) 



4. Calcarius lappouicus . 



5. Plectrophenax nivalis. 



6. Otocorys alpestris . . . 



7. Nyctea scaudiaca . . . 



8. Archibuteo lagopus . 



9. Haliaetus albicilla . . . 



10. Falco peregrinus 



11. Anser segetum 



12. Cygnus bewicki 



13. Mareca peuelope 



14. Harelda glacialis 



15. Somateria moUissima . 



16. CEdemia nigra 



