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Olga Straits. Seen twice during our stay of two months 

 in the straits^ two being observed off the east coast of Edge 

 Island^ and one in the middle of the straits. These were 

 probably accidental appearances of an otherwise absent bird 

 from the Eastern Spitsbergen seas (p. 252) . 



COLYMBUS SEPTENTRIONALIS. 



Whale's Point Harbour. A male Red-throated Diver ar- 

 rived on the 31st of May, a female on the 2nd of June 

 (p. 243). Two pairs were observed with young between 

 August 18th and 21st (p. 245). 



Procellaria glacialis. 



Whale's Point Harbour. Tlie Fulmar was a common 

 species, having breeding-stations at Whalers Point and Deevie 

 Bay (pp. 244 & 246). 



King Ludwig Islands. Abundant round Barentine Island, 

 June 12th to 14th (p. 247). 



Ryk-Ys Islands, Observed on July 30th (p. 249). 



King Charles Islands. Observed (p. 250). 



Olga Straits. Fairly common, but does not appear to breed 

 on the shores of the straits (p. 252) . 



In conclusion, I would enter a protest against the omis- 

 sion, or rather exclusion, of Rhodostethia rosea from the 

 Ornis of the Spitsbergen seas. It is impossible to doubt 

 the accuracy of the definite statements made by Commander 

 Ross, the discoverer of the species, and contributed to the 

 appendix of Parry's 'Polar Voyage^ (p. 195). Here he 

 avers that ^' several were seen during our travels over the 

 ice, and as far north as the Expedition went " ; while in the 

 narrative of the sledging journey northward it is referred to 

 as being observed on no fewer than five occasions {op. cit. 

 pp. 81, 87, 89, 101, 110)*. 



* [Cf. Saunders, in 4th ed. Yarrell's ' Britisli Birds,' iii. p. 581. A 

 similar protest niiglit well be made against the exclusion of Xema sabinii: 

 cf. tom. cit. p. 576. — Edd.] 



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