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different from the Cumberland Sound Eskimo; tliese liave also been 

 added. These names will be of use to any one visiting this region not 

 conversant with the Eskimo language. 



1. Tardus aliciae, I3d. 



One si)ecimen caught on shii)board off the coast of Newfoundland, 

 October 22, 1878. 



2. Saxicola csnanthe, Bechst. 



Breeds along both shores of Cumberland and on the west coast of 

 Davis Straits, but rare. 



One of the commonest land birds on Disko Island, Greenland, and 

 around Disko Bay, both on the islands and mainland. I showed .speci- 

 mens to Eskimo from jSTugumeute and Frobisher Straits, and they in- 

 stantly recognized them and said they breed there, but are not plenty. 



3. Anthus ludovicianus, Becliat. 



Kung-mik-took, Cumberland Eskimo. 



The first specimens were seen in the spring at Annanactook Harbor on 

 the 30th of May. There was no bare ground ; but they frequented the 

 tide-rifts at low water, searching after small marine animals. 



It looked very strange to see this bn-d running about among the stones 

 and in the water like a Clnclus. I examined the stomachs of specimens 

 killed in these localities, and found them to contain Gammarus, Lcemodi- 

 podia, Caprclla^ and a few small dwIIusIs! There can be no doubt that 

 they were feeding on this food from necessity, and not choice, for there 

 was no bare ground and no insects at this time. During the first of 

 June we had the severest snow-storm of the season, and I think most 

 of them perished. They would come around the observatory and shelter 

 themselves as best they could. They were so far reduced that they were 

 easily caught with the hand. 



In autumn they leave for the south about the middle of Sei)tember. 

 At this season, besides their diet of insects, they feed on the berries of 

 Empetnim nigrum and Vaccinium uliginosum. During summer their food 

 consists almost entirely of insects, largely of dipterous larvae, which they 

 l)rocur(i among the cariccs around the fresh-water poiuls. At Annanac- 

 took they began building about the 20tl{ of .June. The nest Avas always 

 placed deep in a rock crevice, so far in, in fact, that I could not secure 

 any of the nests I found. On the Greenland coast, especially in tlie 

 vicinity of habitations, they often build in a tussock, much like a sparrow; 

 but there the ravens are not so numerous or destructive to birds and 

 eggs as in Cumberland. 



