268 Mr. Wm. Eagle Clarke on the 



in Franz Josef Land. Dr. Neale records it as breeding in 

 numbers in the south at Cape Flora in the summer of 1882 ; 

 and Dr. Nansen observed it in the north-east, at the Isles 

 of Hvidtenland, on the 8th of August, 1895. According to 

 Dr. Neale, the Kittiwakes departed from Cape Flora, in the 

 autumn of 1881, about the 22nd of September, and returned 

 the following spring on the 6th of May. 



[I noted the last Kittiwakes seen in the autumn of 1896 

 for the 5th of October, when they came under the notice of 

 Mr. Wilton. The first was observed in the spring of 1897 on 

 the 14th of April, and several were seen by Dr. Koettlitz on 

 the following day. On the 24th they were observed return- 

 ing from the westward. On the 25th there were plenty of 

 them on the cliffs at Cape Flora. On the 19th of May the 

 whole group of Kittiwakes — some 500 or 600 — were sitting 

 on the floes in the West Bay. I went to the top of the 

 talus on the 1st of July with Mr. Jackson iu search of eggs, 

 and got, among others, fifty eggs of the Kittiwake and Loom. 

 The Kittiwakes were nesting among the Looms on the ledges, 

 and their roughly-made nests of grasses and mosses contained 

 two eggs each. The eggs proved to be considerably incu- 

 bated, as did also those of the Loom obtained at the same 

 time. 



The Kittiwakes are here the victims of the Skuas and 

 Snowy Owls. The latter especially attack the young birds, 

 while the Skuas rob the old ones of their food. 



On the 16th of August the young Kittiwakes were not old 

 enough to fly, and the crew of the 'Windward^ captured 

 several on the rocks. On the 28th of August, 1896, the 

 young Kittiwakes were already leaving their nests. I labelled 

 several of these, in case they should be captured else- 

 where.— W. S. B.] 



]7. *Stercorarius crepidatus (Gmel.). 



Long-tailed Robber-Gull, Payer, op. cit. ii. p. 90. 



Lestris Feilden, t. c. p. 209. 



Lestris sp. incog. Neale, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 654. 



